Nearly forgotten but glorious art, envisionings and historical oddments from the back corners of the internet
Portraits of Eugénie de Montijo de Guzman, better recalled as Empress Eugénie of France (1826-1920). A fashion trend setter and early adopter of the crinoline. Please note that I assign nationality by the nationality of the artists. Eugénie was Spanish, married to the emperor of France.
Eugénie de Montijo de Guzman, Empress of the French. 1854. French. Oil on canvas. Edouard Louis Dubufe, artist (1819-1883). Collection of the Château de Versailles. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://books0977.tumblr.com/“Portrait of Eugénie de Montijo. 1853. French. Oil on canvas. Edouard Louis Dubufe, artist (1819-1883). Collection of the Château de Compiègne. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Empress_Eugenie_1854.jpg“L’impératrice Eugénie à la Marie-Antoinette.” 1854. Signed, dated and inscribed on the lower right. Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German artist (1805-1873). Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437942“The Empress Eugenie Surrounded by her Ladies in Waiting.” 1855. Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German artist (1805-1873). Image source osenat.com. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1925. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Empress_Eugenie_Ladies_in_Waiting_Winterhalter.jpg
On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.
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