Portrait of Princess Charlotte of Belgium
Portrait of Princess Charlotte of Belgium (1840 – 1927) c1845 by German Painter Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805 – 1873); older brother of German painter Hermann Fidel Winterhalter (1808 – 1891), is known for his portraits of mid nineteenth century royalty.
This is a Portrait of Princess Charlotte of Belgium as a young girl 5 jier âld (I have another retouched artwork of her when she was 2 years of age on the site as well – use the link above); she is wearing a black hooded cloak of a white dress with with large horizontal stripes running around it.
Her long beautiful brown hair is partially revealed from under the cloak as she is illuminated by the light that is coming from her right side at a high angle with a large red velvet drape to the left behind her, as an accent piece.
This Portrait of Princess Charlotte of Belgium is a retouched digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image, en lykas mei al it keunstwurk dat te finen is op 'e Xzendor7-webside is online te keap yn in ferskaat oan materiaalformaten, ynklusyf canvasprints, acryl prints, metalen prints, hout prints, framed prints, posters, en as rôle canvas prints yn in ferskaat oan maten út 12 inches oan 72 inches depending on the size of the actual artwork and the print on demand shop you choose to buy the art from..
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Franz Xaver Winterhalter was born in the small village of Menzenschwand, (now part of Sankt Blasien), in Germany’s Black Forest in the Electorate of Baden, op 20 april 1805. He was the sixth child of Fidel Winterhalter (1773–1863), a farmer and resin producer in the village, and his wife Eva Meyer (1765–1838), a member of a long established Menzenschwand family.
His father was of peasant stock and was a powerful influence in his life. Of the eight brothers and sisters, only four survived infancy. Throughout his life Franz Xaver remained very close to his family, in particular to his brother Hermann (1808–1891), who was also a painter.
After attending school at a Benedictine monastery in St. Blasien, Winterhalter left Menzenschwand in 1818 yn de âldens fan 13 to study drawing and engraving.[4] He trained as a draughtsman and lithographer in the workshop of Karl Ludwig Schüler (1785–1852) in Freiburg im Breisgau. Yn 1823, yn de âldens fan 18, he went to Munich, sponsored by the industrialist Baron von Eichtal (1775–1850).
Yn 1825, he was granted a stipend by Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden (1763–1830) and began a course of study at the Academy of Arts in Munich with Peter von Cornelius (1783–1867), whose academic methods made him uncomfortable. Winterhalter found a more congenial mentor in the fashionable portraitist Joseph Karl Stieler (1781–1858). During this time, he supported himself working as lithographer.
Winterhalter entered court circles when in 1828 hy waard tekenmaster fan Sophie Margravine fan Baden, at Karlsruhe.[6] Syn kâns om him bûten súdlik Dútslân te fêstigjen kaam binnen 1832 doe't er nei Itaalje reizgje koe, 1833–1834, mei de stipe fan gruthartoch Leopold fan Baden.
Yn Rome komponearre er romantyske sjenrescènes op 'e wize fan Louis Leopold Robert en hechte er him ta oan 'e rûnte fan 'e direkteur fan 'e Frânske Akademy, Horace Vernet. By syn weromkomst yn Karlsruhe skildere er portretten fan de gruthartoch Leopold fan Baden en syn frou, en waard beneamd ta skilder oan it gruthertoglike hof.
Dochs, he left Baden to move to France, dêr't syn Italjaanske sjenre sêne Il dolce Farniente luts oanjefte by de Salon fan 1836. Il Decameron a year later was also praised; both paintings are academic compositions in the style of Raphael. Yn de Salon fan 1838 hy stelde in portret út fan de Prins fan Wagram mei syn jonge dochter.
His career as a portrait painter was soon secured when in the same year he painted Louise Marie of Orleans, Keninginne fan de Belgen, en har soan. It wie nei alle gedachten troch dit skilderij dat Winterhalter ûnder de oandacht kaam fan Maria Amalia fan de Twa Sisyljes, Keninginne fan it Frânsk, mem fan de keninginne fan de Belgen.