Portrait of Empress Eugénie in Court Dress., Franz Xaver Winterhalter, between 1855 and 1856

The original portrait of empress eugénie in court dress by franz xaver winterhalter was the first official portrait made by the artist for eugénie. It was painted around 1853 and exhibited at the salon of 1855. It was then kept in the tuileries palace and it was probably lost during the fire of 1871. This painting is one of the several copies painted by winterhalter's atelier and other artists over the course of the second empire. Mary curtis was commissioned to copy it in december 1855 for queen victoria. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: between 1855 and 1856. Dimensions: 242 × 159.8 cm (95.2 × 62.9 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Eugènie de Montijo. Collection: Royal Collection. Empress Eugénie in Court Dress (Curtis after Winterhalter, Royal Collection)