Portrait of Leopold I of Belgium
| Portrait of Leopold I of Belgium | |
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| Artist | Franz Xaver Winterhalter |
| Year | 1840 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 278 cm × 181 cm (109 in × 71 in) |
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Portrait of Leopold I of Belgium is an oil on canvas portrait painting by the German artist Franz Xaver Winterhalter, from 1840. It depicts Leopold I of Belgium.[1][2]
A German-born prince, Leopold had become the first King of the Belgians following the Belgian Revolution of 1830 that overthrew Dutch rule. He married a French princess Louise of Orléans in 1832. He was also the widower of Princess Charlotte of Wales, who had died in 1817, as well as the uncle of Queen Victoria.[3]
The painting was commissioned by Leopold's father-in-law Louis Philippe I for the Musée de l'Histoire de France at the recently refurbished Palace of Versailles.[4] In 1846 Leopold commissioned another portrait from Winterhalter as a gift for Queen Victoria, which remains in the British Royal Collection.[5]
See also
- Portrait of Prince Leopold, an 1821 painting by Thomas Lawrence
References
- ↑ Holden p.145
- ↑ Lemoine p.201
- ↑ Scheele & Scheele p.21
- ↑ "Leopold 1Er, Roi des Belges (1790-1865)".
- ↑ "Explore the Royal Collection online".
Bibliography
- Belien, Paul. A Throne in Brussels: Britain, the Saxe-Coburgs and the Belgianisation of Europe. Imprint Academic, 2014. ISBN 9781845400330.
- Eismann, Ingeborg. Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873): der Fürstenmaler Europas. Imhof, 2007. ISBN 3865682030.
- Holden, Angus. Uncle Leopold; a Life of the First King of the Belgians. Hutchinson & Co, 1936.
- Lemoine, Pierre. Versailles and Trianon: Guide to the Museum and National Domain of Versailles and Trianon. "Réunion des musées nationaux", 1990. ISBN 2711823105.
- Scheele, Godfrey and Scheele, Margaret. The Prince Consort, Man of Many Facets: The World and the Age of Prince Albert. Oresko Books, 1977 ISBN 0846703211.