Empress elisabeth

The most famous paintings of Elisabeth by the genius Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873)

Portrait of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837–1898) (1860) by Franz Schrotzberg, an object of LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna

Empress Elisabeth of Austria by Georg Raab, 1879.

Franz Russ the Younger Detail from The Kaiserin Elisabeth. 1869, Oil on canvas. Österreichische Galerie Belvedere.

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Married at 16 to the emperor of Austria, Elisabeth—nicknamed Sisi—was a reluctant empress, struggling with royal life and sympathetic to the democratic struggles of the people in her new nation.

Made famous by 'The Empress' on Netflix, Sisi and her missing garment provoked an imperial hunt over centuries.

Detail of portrait of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, by Winterhalter, 1865, Bundesmobilienverwaltung Hofburg Vienna Sisi Museum (photo: Gerald Schedy). Empress Elisabeth "Sisi" is shown in a court gala dress designed by Worth, with diamond stars in her hair. Sisi possessed a variety of diamond stars, both eight-pointed and ten-pointed, with and without pearls. The inset photo (© SKB) shows diamond stars with pearls and without pearls, made by Köchert and Rozet & Fischmeister, respectively.

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