Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805 - 1873)

Franz Xaver Winterhalter

Franz Xaver Winterhalter was a German painter of the mid-nineteenth century. He is known as a painter, master of secular, courtly and ceremonial aristocratic portraits, one of the most fashionable portraitists of his time.

Franz Winterhalter was a skilled lithographer in his youth, but in his mature years he devoted himself entirely to painting. The heroes of his paintings were the most influential rulers of Europe and members of their families, so many of the artist's paintings are still kept in private royal collections.

The master was not the only artist in the family. His younger brother Hermann Fidel Winterhalter also made a significant contribution to the development of German portraiture.

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