Detail of a Portrait of Countess Marie Branicka by Winterhalter in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, January 2012

Portrait of Countess Marie Branicka de Bialacerkiew [née Princess Sapicka]

Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German, 1805 - 1873

Date: 1865

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 45 11/16 x 35 5/16 inches (116 x 89.7 cm)

Curatorial Department: European Painting

Accession Number: 1973-252-1

Credit Line: Purchased with the Edward G. Budd, Jr. Memorial Fund, 1973

Label: The Countess Marie Branicka de Bialacerkiew belonged to a socially prominent and wealthy Polish family living in Paris, where this portrait was painted. Winterhalter was renowned for his portraits of the aristocracy of Europe, including paintings of Queen Victoria and Emperor Napoleon III.

Text from: www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/69025.html