Portrait of Countess Marie Branicka de Bialacerkiew (née Princess Sapicka)

The Countess Marie Branicka de Bialacerkiew belonged to a socially prominent and wealthy Polish family living in Paris, where this portrait was painted. Winterhalter was renowned for his portraits of the aristocracy of Europe, including paintings of Queen Victoria and Emperor Napoleon III. [source]

Purchased with the Edward G. Budd, Jr. Memorial Fund, 1973