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Franz Xaver Winterhalter
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Franz Xaver Winterhalter: portrait of Albert, Prince Consort Franz Xaver Winterhalter: Empress Eugénie Surrounded by Her Ladies in Waiting Eugénie, detail of a portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter; in the Collection de Mouchy, Paris Franz Joseph Louis-Philippe
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Close-up of a palette held by a man. Mixing paint, painting, color mixing.
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Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.
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"The Birth of Venus," tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the Uffizi, Florence.
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"Seascape at Port-en-Bessin, Normandy" Georges Seurat, ca. 1888, oil on canvas, 65.1 x 80.9 cm
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An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.
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Franz Xaver Winterhalter: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Richard Ormand and Carol Blackett-Ord, Franz Xaver Winterhalter and the Courts of Europe: 1830–70 (1987, reprinted 1992).

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Anniversary information added. Apr 16, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 16, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jul 04, 2023
Invalidated site: Web Gallery of Art - Biography of Franz Xaver Winterhalter. Jan 31, 2019
Add new Web site: The Getty - Biography of Franz Xaver Winterhalter. Jun 16, 2011
Add new Web site: Web Gallery of Art - Biography of Franz Xaver Winterhalter. Jun 16, 2011
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Franz Xaver Winterhalter. Jun 16, 2011
Article revised. Mar 16, 2001
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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