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PHILIP FOLTZ (1805-77)

Tyrolese Woman and Child

1848

Oil on canvas | 65.0 x 52.7 x 2.1 cm (support, canvas/panel/str external) | RCIN 408980

Queen Victoria’s enjoyment of drawing and painting lasted into adulthood and became a pastime she shared with Prince Albert. She copied several Romantic depictions of people climbing in the Italian-Austrian Alps, including this one, by German history painter Philip Foltz.  Victoria and Albert sometimes worked together on their paintings, and she admitted in one diary entry, referring to her copies of Foltz, that 'dear Albert helps me, doing it much better than I can'.

Philip Foltz (1805-77) was the son and student of the painter Ludwig Foltz I. In 1825 he entered the Academy in Munich, and studied under Peter Cornelius. From 1835 to 1838 he undertook a study trip in Italy. On his return to Germany, he became a professoA copy by Queen Victoria of the painting by Philip Foltz given by the Queen to Prince Albert in 1848 (RCIN 408980). It is one of three Tyrolean subjects by the artist that she copied (and in this case she worked in oil paint rather than watercolour). In
Painting by Philip Foltz
Copy by Queen Victoria
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