National Portrait Gallery - Person - Franz Xaver Winterhalter

Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873), Painter

Sitter associated with 3 portraits
Artist associated with 67 portraits
A German painter and lithographer known for his portraits of royalty. Trained in Freiburg im Breisgau and Munich, Germany, he entered court circles in 1828 when he became drawing master to Sophie, later grand duchess of Baden, at Karlsruhe. After 1834, he went to Paris and quickly became fashionable under the protection of King Louis-Philippe and later at the court of Napoleon III. He was first summoned to the English court by Queen Victoria in 1841. During his career, he painted most of Europe's royalty and leading aristocracy. Winterhalter's works, which became widely known through copies and reproductions, are valued for the picture they give of aristocratic Europe in the nineteenth century.

List Thumbnail

View2040 60results per page

12 3 4

Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent and Strathearn

reduced version by Franz Xaver Winterhalter
oil on canvas, (1857)
On display in Room 21 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2554

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

replica by Franz Xaver Winterhalter
oil on canvas, 1867 (1859)
On display in Room 21 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 237

Maria Alexandrovna, Empress of Russia

after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
albumen carte-de-visite, (1857)
NPG Ax38446

Maria Alexandrovna, Empress of Russia

by Émile Desmaisons, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
albumen carte-de-visite, (1857)
NPG x134669

Eugénie, Empress of France

by Goupil & Co, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
albumen carte-de-visite, (1857)
NPG x134670

King Edward VII

by Bassano, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
whole-plate glass negative, 20 April 1923
NPG x122466

King Edward VII

by Bassano, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
whole-plate glass negative, 20 April 1923
NPG x122467

Louis Philippe

by Adrien Charles Danois, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
line engraving, 1848 or before
NPG D13752

Princess Victoire, Duchess de Nemours

by Richard James Lane, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1841 (1840)
NPG D21984

Princess Victoire, Duchess de Nemours

by Richard James Lane, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1841 (1840)
NPG D22148

King Edward VII

by Alphonse Léon Noël, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1844 (1843)
NPG D33832

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

by Skelton and Hopwood, published by Longmans & Co, published by Goupil & Vibert, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
mixed-method engraving, (1845)
NPG D33756

Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse

by Charles Baugniet, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1845
NPG D33819

King Edward VII

by Alphonse Léon Noël, published by Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, published 1 January 1845 (1843)
NPG D33830

King Edward VII

by Alphonse Léon Noël, published by Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, and published by Goupil & Vibert, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, published 1 January 1845 (1843)
NPG D33831