1899 Posthumous "Kniestück" portrait of Queen Elisabeth by Gyula Benczúr (Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest)

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Hungarian artist Gyula Benczúr portrays Sissi, not as Empress but as Queen of Hungary, the title she received in 1867.

1899 Posthumous portrait of Empress Elisabeth by Gyula Benczúr
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Keywords:  1899, Benczúr, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Sissi, Sisi, Wittelsbach family, Habsburg family, Empress, Austrian, straight coiffure, high enclosing neckline, long leg-o-mutton sleeves, close skirt, gloves, fan, posthumous portrait

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