Portrait of Empress Eugénie
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| Portrait of Empress Eugénie | |
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| Artist | Franz Xaver Winterhalter |
| Year | 1853 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 240 cm × 155 cm (94 in × 61 in) |
| Location | lost, several copies extant |
Portrait of Empress Eugénie was an oil on canvas painting by the German portrait painter Franz Xaver Winterhalter, created in 1853. It was an official portrait of the French Empress Eugénie de Montijo, whose husband Napoleon III reigned as Emperor of the Second French Empire from 1852 to 1870. The work had the dimensions of 240 cm high and 155 cm wide. The original portrait was lost in a fire in the Tuileries Palace, in Paris, in 1871, but is known because it was largely copied by other painters during Napoleon III's reign.[1][2][3]