'Portrait of Countess Alexander Nikolaevitch Lamsdorff', 1859. Artist: Franz Xaver Winterhalter

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'Portrait of Countess Alexander Nikolaevitch Lamsdorff', 1859. Under Napoleon III, Winterhalter became the chief portraitist of the imperial family and court. This painting of 1859 shows an aristocratic visitor to Paris, the Countess Lamsdorf, who had married Count Alexander Nikolaiovich in 1857. The book in her lap is titled Poetry.

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License: Licensed
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