Lot 1448
AFTER FRANZ XAVER WINTERHALTER (1805-1873)
PORTRAITS OF NAPOLEON III, EMPEROR AND PRESIDENT; and OF EMPRESS EUGENIE
A pair, each standing full length, reverse painted oil on slightly convex glass, oval
Each 53 x 44.5cm. (2)
* The original portrait of Napoleon III is believed to have been destroyed in the fire at the Palais des Tuileries, 1871; the original portrait of the Empress is at the Musee d'Orsay, Paris.
