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Description: | Signed: yes Description: This is a copy of a painting by the German artist Franz-Xavier Winterhalter (1806-1873), who was a favourite of Napoleon III and his wife the empress Eugénie. The original portrait was in the Tuileries and did not survive the fire of 1871. It was made shortly after 1853, the date when Winterhalter returned to France. It rapidly became one of the standard images of the emperor and was repeated many times in order to be shown in mairies or other public buildings. Jules de Vignon (1815-1885) exhibited at the Salon between 1833 and 1882. He painted mostly historical and genre scenes, as well as portraits. | Subjects: | portrait (Napoleon III) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Vignon, Jules de (French artist, 1815-1885) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9046... | Go to resource |
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