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Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73)
Prince Arthur (1850-1942) Signed and dated 1859
Oil on canvas | 33.5 x 33.7 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 401027
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Winterhalter was born in the Black Forest where he was encouraged to draw at school. In 1818 he went to Freiburg to study under Karl Ludwig Schüler and then moved to Munich in 1823, where he attended the Academy and studied under Josef Stieler, a fashionable portrait painter. Winterhalter was first brought to the attention of Queen Victoria by the Queen of the Belgians and subsequently painted numerous portraits at the English court from 1842 till his death. Prince Arthur (1850–1942) was the third son and seventh of the nine children of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He had a career in the army and became Governor-General of Canada. Signed and dated: F Winterhalter / 1859. Inscribed on the back with the name of the sitter.
Provenance
Painted for Queen Victoria; recorded in the Antique Room at Buckingham Palace in 1876
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
33.5 x 33.7 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
45.0 x 46.2 x 5.7 cm (frame, external)
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Alternative title(s)
The Duke of Connaught, Prince Arthur as a child
