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Gift of Michael Shortell, 2008.44.7  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Franz Xaver Winterhalter
Gift of Michael Shortell, 2008.44.7 © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Franz Xaver Winterhalter

German, 1805 - 1873
BiographyFranz Xaver Winterhalter was born in the village of Menzenschwand, in the Black Forest of Germany. He studied art in Munich and at an early age became court painter to Louis Philippe of France. His subjects also included Queen Victoria of Great Britain and her family.
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