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Franz Xaver Winterhalter: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born April 20, 1805 • Germany
Died July 8, 1873 (aged 68) • Frankfurt am Main • Germany

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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
Full-length portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary in 1865, wearing a white jacket with medals and red trousers.
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