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a painting of a woman in a red dress with pearls on her head and shoulders

1832 Stieler Joseph Karl Sophie Friederike Dorothee Wilhelmine, Princess of Bavaria (27 January 1805 – 28 May 1872) was born to King Maximilian I of Bavaria and his second wife Karoline of Baden. She was the identical twin sister of Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria, Queen of Saxony as wife of Frederick Augustus II of Saxony. On 4 November 1824, she married Franz Karl, Archduke of Austria. They had six children. Her ambition to place her oldest son on the Austrian throne was a constant theme in…

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a portrait of a young woman in a white dress

The Viennese auction house, Dorotheum, featured in their auction, Imperial Court Memorabilia and Historical Objects, on 25th April 2013, their auction, a splendid copy of Franz Xaver Winterhalter’s famous portrait of Elisabeth, Empress of Austria. Completed by Winterhalter during the early months of 1865, it has truly become one of the most iconic portraits by…

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