Schönheitengalerie
Schönheitengalerie (Gallery of Beauties) is a collection of portraits in Nymphenburg castle in Munich. It was commissioned by King Ludwig I of Bavaria. These women of all classes should represent woman´s beauty a passenger could meet in the streets of Munich. All 36 (some paintings are missed) likenesses were painted by Court painter Joseph Karl Stieler between 1827 and 1850. With the exception of Lola Montez and perhaps Jane Digby (= disputed!) these women were no mistresses of the King. The King has proofed the reputation of a candidate before he gave order to Stieler to paint her. Sometimes he has asked his wife and his relatives, whether they can name a candidate for his gallery. The candidates, which Stieler himself has proposed - mostly beauties he has met at parties or at the Fasching - were all refused :-).
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Schönheitengalerie (Auswahl)/Gallery of Beauties (Selection)
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(1) Auguste Strobl, 1827 , erste Fassung (this painting was replaced by (2)
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(2) Auguste Strobl, 1827, zweite Fassung
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Friederike Freifrau von Gumppenberg
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Charlotte von Hagn in her costume of Wallenstein's daughter "Thekla" in Schiller´s "Wallenstein", 1828
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Regina Daxenberger, 1829
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Anna Hillmayer, 1829
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Nanette Kaulla (1812-1876), 1829
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Amalie von Schintling (1812-1831 in Neustadt an der Donau). She died shortly after this painting, 19 years old
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Lady Jane Elizabeth Digby, painted in 1831 as Lady Jane Ellenborough
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Helene Sedlmayr , de:Helene Sedlmayr, 1831
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Sophie, Archduchess of Austria aka Sophie Friederike, Prinzessin von Bayern
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Irene, Graefin von Arco-Steppberg, nee Marchesa Pallavicini
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Lady Theresa Spence as Sappho, 1837
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Katerina Rosa Botzaris, daughter of Markos Botsaris, 1841
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Princess Marie, painted in 1843. Since 1848 Queen of Bavaria, mother of the Kings Ludwig II and Otto III
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Lady Emily Milbanke, 1844 (Frau des englischen Gesandten in München)
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Maria Dietsch, 1850, last painting