Princess Beatrice (1857-1944) 1859
Oil on canvas | 34.0 x 34.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 401029
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Winterhalter was born in the Black Forest where he was encouraged to draw at school. In 1818 he went to Freiburg to study under Karl Ludwig Schüler and then moved to Munich in 1823, where he attended the Academy and studied under Josef Stieler, a fashionable portrait painter. Winterhalter was first brought to the attention of Queen Victoria by the Queen of the Belgians and subsequently painted numerous portraits at the English court from 1842 till his death. Princess Beatrice (1857-1944) was the fifth daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Inscribed on the back with the name of the sitter.
Provenance
Given to Queen Victoria by Prince Albert on her birthday, 24th May 1859; recorded in the Antique Room at Buckingham Palace in 1876
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Creator(s)
(framemaker)(artists' materials maker)(nationality)Acquirer(s)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
34.0 x 34.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
45.7 x 46.0 x 5.8 cm (frame, external)
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Alternative title(s)
Princess Beatrice, later Princess Henry of Battenberg.
Princess Henry of Battenberg, when Princess Beatrice.