The Empress Eugénie (Eugénie de Montijo, 1826–1920, Condesa de Teba)
Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Claus von Bülow Gift, 1978
Catalogue
- Year
- 1854
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 36 1/2 x 29 in. (92.7 x 73.7 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Franz Xaver Winterhalter
Artist
Franz Xaver Winterhalter was a German painter and lithographer, known for his flattering portraits of royalty and upper-class society in the mid-19th century. His name has become associated with fashionable court portraiture. Among his best known works are Empress Eugénie Surrounded by her Ladies in Waiting (1855) and the portraits he made of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1865).
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- Franz Xaver Winterhalter
- Year
- 1854
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 36 1/2 x 29 in. (92.7 x 73.7 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1854-329057
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified