Portrait of Madame Rimsky-Korsakov

Date: 1864
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
Dimensions: 117 x 90

Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakov was a Russian pianist, soprano and wife of the Russian composer Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov. She met her husband at the conservatory and wrote a song for him not long after their first meeting. She found a great deal of love and tenderness in him. As was customary in her time, she supported her husband in his career and had seven children with him. Alongside her husband, she significantly influenced the world of music. It was also immortalized by Winterhalter in 1864 for its fame and reputation. The original painting can be seen in the Musee d Orsay in Paris.

Winterhalter painted picture Portrait of Madame Rimsky-Korsakov in 1864. Prevailing color of this fine art print is vivid and its shape is portrait. Original size is 117 x 90. This art piece is located in Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873) was a German painter and lithographer, known for his portraits of the royal family. He was born in a small village, Menzenschwald, as the sixth of eight children on the family farm. He apprenticed as a draftsman and lithographer in the workshop of Karl Ludwig Schüler. In 1825, he got a scholarship from the Grand Duke of Baden, Louis I. He began studying at Akdemii Fine Arts in Munich. The Grand Duke’s favour brought him money and the opportunity to travel to Italy, where he exhibited many portraits of noblewomen and rulers. The most important include Princess Leonilla Wittegenstein or Madame Rimsky-Korsakov. However, his reputation as a romantic painter suffered in academic circles. For his favour with the influential and rich people, he was not taken seriously, even a long time after his death. That changed in 1987 at a major exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London and Paris. His paintings have now been seen in the leading European and American museums and galleries.