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Franz Xaver Winterhalter
Isabella, Queen of Spain, 1852
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This life-size three-quarter length portrait depicts twenty-year-old Queen Isabella II of Spain wearing a voluminous, ruffled gown adorned with rose petals. In order to secure the Spanish throne, she was declared of age at 13. Winterhalter travelled to Madrid in 1852 to paint a portrait of the Spanish Queen.
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Winterhalter, Franz Xaver: Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873) :. portraits de cour, entre faste et élégance /. Paris 2016, S. 239 pages ;.
Helga Kessler Aurisch, Laure Chabanne, Tilmann von Stockhausen, Mirja Straub ; with essays by Helga: High Society. the portraits of Franz Xaver Winterhalter. Stuttgart [2015].