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Hermann Winterhalter (1808-91)
Head of a Young Woman inscribed 1849
Oil on canvas | 61.4 x 49.2 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 408969
Queen's Dressing Room & Bathroom, Osborne House
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Hermann was Franz Xaver's younger brother and assistant as well as a painter in his own right, who had studied in Munich and Rome.
Queen Victoria had bought two studies of female heads; this one which Albert received as a Christmas present, and another (RCIN 403685), which she kept to give to him on their wedding anniversary, 10 February 1850.
Inscribed on the back as a study of a female head, with the name of the artist and the date, 1849.Provenance
Given by Queen Victoria to Prince Albert at Christmas 1849.
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Oil on canvas
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61.4 x 49.2 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
85.4 x 72.8 x 7.5 cm (frame, external)
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