Eugénie de Montijo de Guzman, Empress of the French (1854). Edouard Louis Dubufe (French, 1819-1883). Oil on canvas. Château de Versailles.
In the portrait of Dubufe, the Empress Eugenie appears in the triumph of her new status of any young Empress, not yet a mother. She wears a silk ball gown decorated with lace, and especially sports the Spanish order of Marie-Louise, wife of King Charles IV, order founded in 1792 to reward noble ladies distinguished by their virtues and their services. #art#portrait #Eugénie de Montijo de Guzman  #Edouard Louis Dubufe #French