Franz Xaver Winterhalter

Painting, Visual Artist

1805 – 1873

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Who was Franz Xaver Winterhalter?

Franz Xaver Winterhalter was a German painter and lithographer, known for his portraits of royalty in the mid-nineteenth century. His name has become associated with fashionable court portraiture. Among his best known works are Empress Eugénie Surrounded by her Ladies in Waiting and the portraits he made of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.

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Born
Apr 20, 1805
Black Forest
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Nationality
  • Germany
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Lived in
  • Germany
Died
Jul 8, 1873
Frankfurt

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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