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Winterhalter and Eugénie - le chapeau de paille - 1857

This portrait of the Empress - Winterhalter's fifth, if I count correctly - was commissioned by Eugénie, herself, and given to comte Félix Bacciochi, the Emperor's cousin and First Chamberlain of the court. Part of the preserved collection of Marjorie Merriweather Post, it hangs in the drawing room of her Hillwood estate in Washington D.C. The frame - with Imperial eagle, mantle, and crown - is original to the painting. The drawing room at Hillwood. Like most royal portraits of the time, the…
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