Tita Hensel, art historian, PhD University of Hamburg; research assistant Warburg Haus, University of Hamburg; research stays in London and Paris; since 2018, advisor for young academics at the University of Siegen. Research interests: political iconography, visualisation of female power, cultural-historical media and communication research, fashion studies.
Franz Xaver Winterhalter, einer der begehrtesten und produktivsten Künstler des 19. Jahrhunderts, entwickelte verschiedene Bildnistypen, welche in strategisch zusammengestellten Porträtprogrammen das Image von Herrscher und Herrscherin im politischen Kommunikationsraum formten.
Franz Xaver Winterhalter, one of the most sought-after and productive artists of the 19th century, developed various types of portraits in strategically composed portraiture programmes, which shaped the image of rulers and rulers’ wives across different political systems.