FRANZ XAVER WINTERHALTER (1805-73)
Juliane, Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield, Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna of Russia (1781-1860)
Signed and dated 1848RCIN 404524
Described by Queen Victoria as ‘an indescribably like and beautiful picture of Aunt Julia’, the artist captures a wistfulness and sorrow in the sitter’s expression; this contrasts with the exuberance visible in the portrait of the sitter as a young girl, nearby. Her marriage to Grand Duke Constantine had failed and she later lived in Boissière, near Geneva, which appears in the background.
Commissioned by Queen Victoria, 1848
Commissioned by Queen Victoria, 1848