Empress Elisabeth
Franz Schrotzberg captured the future Empress Elisabeth of Austria in this glowing 1853 portrait, just a year before her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph I. Known to history as the tragic and glamorous 'Sisi,' she appears here as a fresh-faced teenager with her hair parted simply down the middle, set against a warm, rosy background. Schrotzberg was a court painter who knew how to flatter his subjects, and this piece highlights the natural beauty that reportedly made the Emperor fall in love at first sight. It’s a rare glimpse of the young woman before the heavy crown and court life took their toll.
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