Belgian royal couple

Léontine I was from July 1831 the first Queen of the Belgians, following Belgium’s independence from the Netherlands.



Husband of Queen Léontine I of the Belgians. Painted in 1841.




These two were begging to be done as a double portrait. So here they are united.

After Winterhalter. 

Romantic young man no.2

Another young romantic fellow from the 1840s, out daydreaming on the balcony.

After Vladimir Hau.

Alexandra II

The young female ruler of Russia in the 1840s.

After Vladimir Hau.

Romantic young man

A young man from 1844.

After Vladimir Hau.

18th century couple

Lieutenant Joan Abercrombie in uniform, with her husband who wears a pearl and pink dress.

After Allan Ramsay.

Johanna Kruger

The industrialist and matriarch Johanna Kruger, painted in 1854.

After Joseph Weidner, mostly.

Henriette d’Orléans

Henriette Eugénie d’Orléans, duchess d’Aumale, ca. 1843.

Photoshop manipulation after Winterhalter.