Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Franz Xaver Winterhalter

German painter

Date of Birth: 20-Apr-1805

Place of Birth: Menzenschwand, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 08-Jul-1873

Profession: painter, lithographer

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Franz Xaver Winterhalter (20 April 1805 – 8 July 1873) was a German painter and lithographer, known for his flattering portraits of royalty and upper-class society in the mid-19th century.
His name has become associated with fashionable court portraiture.
Among his best known works are Empress Eugénie Surrounded by her Ladies in Waiting (1855) and the portraits he made of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1865).