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The Linked Hands of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Albert (1819-61)

Franz Xaver Winterhalter

Royal Collection Trust, UK

Royal Collection Trust, UK
London, United Kingdom

Winterhalter was born in the Black Forest where he was encouraged to draw at school. In 1818 he went to Freiburg to study under Karl Ludwig Schüler and then moved to Munich in 1823, where he attended the Academy and studied under Josef Stieler, a fashionable portrait painter. Winterhalter was first brought to the attention of Queen Victoria by the Queen of the Belgians and subsequently painted numerous portraits at the English court from 1842 till his death.

This study of the linked hands of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert is typical of the type of 'love-token' painting created at this time, especially of the Royal pair. Unfortunately nothing is known of its early history.

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Royal Collection Trust, UK

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