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Princess Louise (1848-1939), later Duchess of Argyll Signed and dated 1865
Oil on canvas | 116.0 x 86.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 404581
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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.
This was painted at the same time as a portrait of Princess Helena, her older sister (RCIN 405032). Princess Louise (1848–1939) was the sixth of Queen Victoria's nine children. Beautiful and artistic, as an adult she supported the women's movement and helped launch the Girls Public Day School Company.
Signed and dated: Fr Winterhalter / 1865. Inscribed on the back with the names of the artist and sitter and as painted at the Rosenau in August 1865.Provenance
Painted for Queen Victoria; recorded hanging in the Prince Consort's apartments (Room no 207) at Windsor Castle in 1878
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Oil on canvas
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116.0 x 86.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
149.4 x 120.6 x 7.0 cm (frame, external)
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Princess Louise (1848-1939), Marchioness of Lorne & later Duchess of Argyll