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The Empress Eugénie (Eugénie de Montijo, 1826–1920, Condesa de Teba)

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The Empress Eugénie (Eugénie de Montijo, 1826–1920, Condesa de Teba)

Franz Xaver Winterhalter

1854

Medium

Oil on canvas

Tags

Portraits Profiles Women

Dimensions

36 1/2 x 29 in. (92.7 x 73.7 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Claus von Bülow Gift, 1978

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Franz Xaver Winterhalter

1805–1873 • Grand Duchy of BadenGerman Empire

German painter, best known for his state portraits of the Belgian, English and French royal families. Although Winterhalter used no preliminary sketches on the canvas, and decided the dress and pose of the sitter, he was able to fuse formality and intimacy in his work, using bold color and contrasting sumptuous fabric against delicate flesh.

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