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Sophie Guillemette, Grand Duchess of Baden (1801-1865)
Franz Xaver Winterhalter1831
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Sophie Guillemette (1801-1865), daughter of Gustavus IV Adolphus of Sweden, was the wife of Grand Duke Leopold of Baden. Winterhalter was her drawing instructor and made several portraits of both the duke and the duchess before leaving for London to become the most celebrated portrait painter of his time.
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- Title: Sophie Guillemette, Grand Duchess of Baden (1801-1865)
- Creator: Franz Xaver Winterhalter (German, 1805-1873)
- Date Created: 1831
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 57.5 x 46.5 x 10 cm (22 5/8 x 18 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.); Unframed: 39.1 x 28.5 cm (15 3/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
- Provenance: Grand Dukes of Baden. London sale, Christie's, 24 November 1978 (lot 74, repr.), Property of a Lady: Portrait of Sophie Guillemette, Grand Duchess of Baden, £5.500, to Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, Ltd., London. Purchased by the CMA in 1979.
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1979.43
- Medium: oil on fabric
- Inscriptions: Signed lower left: Fr. Winterhalter f 1831
- Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Germany, 19th century
- Credit Line: The Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection
- Collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
- Accession Number: 1979.43
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