Countess Alexander Nikolaevitch Lamsdorff -Maria Ivanovna Beck, 1835-1866-. is a painting by Franz Xaver Winterhalter which was uploaded on June 21st, 2019.
Countess Alexander Nikolaevitch Lamsdorff -Maria Ivanovna Beck, 1835-1866-.
Countess Alexander Nikolaevitch Lamsdorff (Maria Ivanovna Beck, 1835-1866). Artist: Franz Xaver Winterhalter (German, Menzenschwand 1805-1873... more
Title
Countess Alexander Nikolaevitch Lamsdorff -Maria Ivanovna Beck, 1835-1866-.
Artist
Franz Xaver Winterhalter
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
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Countess Alexander Nikolaevitch Lamsdorff (Maria Ivanovna Beck, 1835-1866). Artist: Franz Xaver Winterhalter (German, Menzenschwand 1805-1873 Frankfurt). Dimensions: 57 1/4 x 45 1/4 in. (145.4 x 114.9 cm). Date: 1859.
Although trained in Germany, Winterhalter spent most of his adult life in Paris, where he became a favorite portraitist of European aristocrats. In 1841 alone, his sitters included the king and queen of Belgium; King Louis-Philippe of France; and Queen Maria Cristina of Spain. The following year, he added Marie-Amélie, queen of France, and Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of England to his roster of royal models.
The twenty-four-year-old countess depicted here was the wife of Alexander Nikolaevitch Lamsdorff, a Russian aristocrat and Francophile. The book of English poetry in her lap is thought to be a reference to her father, Ivan Alexandrovitch Beck, a poet and translator. Her choice of a fashionable day dress may have been suggested by Winterhalter, who is known to have advised his sitters on their wardrobe and posed them to their best advantage in his studio. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Franz Xaver Winterhalter.
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June 21st, 2019
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