Prince Albert (1819-1861) Signed and dated 1845
Oil on canvas | 92.1 x 65.0 x 2.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 404129
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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 Sch?ler 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.
Prince Albert is in evening dress with the ribbon and star of the Garter. The Queen commented in her Journal : 'a portrait?(just the head) by Winterhalter, which I cannot say gives me entire satisfaction, though some parts are good'. In 1882 she ordered that the portrait be consigned to the Lower Stores where it remained for many years.
Signed and dated: F Winterhalter / 1845.Provenance
Given by Prince Albert to Queen Victoria on her birthday, 24 May 1845; recorded in the stores at Windsor Castle in 1878
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Oil on canvas
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92.1 x 65.0 x 2.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
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