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Winterhalter, Franz Xaver 1805-73
German painter and lithographer

He made a successful portrait of Grand Duke Leopold of Baden and was appointed his court painter. In 1834 he went to Paris, with Queen Marie Amélie as his patron. One of his many royal sitters was Queen Victoria, and he became the fashionable artist of the day. Some of his works are at Versailles, and he is represented in the British royal collection.