Portrait of Napoleon III (Winterhalter)

This article is about Portrait of Napoleon III by Franz Xaver Winterhalter. For other uses, see Portrait of Napoleon III.
Portrait of Napoleon III
ArtistFranz Xaver Winterhalter
Year1853
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions240 cm × 155 cm (94 in × 61 in)
Locationlost, several copies extant

Portrait of Napoleon III was an oil on canvas painting by the German portrait painter Franz Xaver Winterhalter, created in 1853. It was an official portrait of the French Emperor Napoleon III, who reigned as Emperor of the Second French Empire from 1852 to 1870. The work had the dimensions of 240 cm high and 155 cm wide. The original portrait was lost in a fire in the Tuileries Palace, in Paris, in 1871, but its known by the large number of copies made by other painters during the emperor's reign.[1][2]

  1. ^ Portrait of Napoleon III (copy), Museo Napoleonico, Rome
  2. ^ Napoléon III et l’impératrice Eugénie: portraits d’apparat par F.-X. Winterhalter, Centre national des arts plastiques (French)