Portrait of Lola Montez is an 1847 portrait painting of the Irish dancer and courtesan Lola Montez.[1] Painted by the German artist Joseph Karl Stieler, it portrays her at the time she was mistress of Ludwig I of Bavaria.[2] Montez, the estranged wife of a British army officer, performed on stage across Europe before meeting Ludwig and settling in Bavaria.[3] His extravagance towards her was one of the factors behind his overthrow in the 1848 Revolution.
| Portrait of Lola Montez | |
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| Artist | Joseph Karl Stieler |
| Year | 1847 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait |
| Dimensions | 72 cm × 58.6 cm (28 in × 23.1 in) |
| Location | Nymphenburg Palace, Munich |
Stieler had been the court painter to the Bavarian monarchs since 1820 and in 1826 had painted a portrait of Ludwig in his coronation robes. His painting of Montez was placed in the Gallery of Beauties at Ludwig's Nymphenburg Palace in Munich.[4]
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- Seymour, Bruce. Lola Montez: A Life. Yale University Press, 1996.
- Weidner, Thomas. Lola Montez oder eine Revolution in München. Münchner Stadtmuseum, 1998.
- Von Hase-Schmundt, Ulrike. Joseph Stieler, 1781–1858: Sein Leben u. sein Werk. Krit. Verzeichnis d. Werke. Prestel, 1971.
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