Portrait of Empress Eugénie in Court Dress., Franz Xaver Winterhalter, between 1860 and 1867

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. It was painted for archduke maximilian of austria and put in the audience chamber of the miramare castle. Object Type: painting. Date: between 1860 and 1867. Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Miramare Castle. Empress Eugénie in Court Dress (Guillemet after Winterhalter, Miramare)