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"Princess Charlotte of Belgium, Empress of Mexico (1840-1927)", Albert Graefle after Franz Xaver Winterhalter, orig. 1864; Royal Collection Trust 402474 Royal Portraits Painting, Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Victorian Portraits, Victorian Paintings, Old Portraits, Edouard Manet, Historical Painting, Victorian Art, Old Paintings

This painting is a copy of Winterhalter’s original portrait, painted in Paris in 1864. Graefle also copied its companion painting of the Emperor Maximilian, Princess Charlotte’s husband (RCIN 402484). Princess Charlotte (1840-1927) was the only daughter of Leopold I, King of the Belgians. She was lively and intelligent as a child and much loved by her English relations. She married the in 1857 and her husband was created Emperor of Mexico in 1864. He was executed there in 1867. Queen…

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