Portrait of Louis Philippe I (Winterhalter)

Portrait of Louis Philippe I is an 1841 portrait painting by the German artist Franz Xaver Winterhalter depicting the French monarch Louis Philippe I. Winterhalter was rapidly emerging as one of the most fashionable portrait painters in Europe and had numerous royal sitters that year alone.

His painting of Louis Philippe was a celebration of the king's role in the restoration and reopening of the Palace of Versailles as a Museum of French History. He is shown in the uniform of a major general with the Galerie des Batailles behind him. His hand rests on the architectural plans for the gallery and nearby is a statuette of Joan of Arc created by his daughter Princess Marie. Today the painting is in collection of Versailles having been acquired in 1975. It recreates the pose from an earlier portrait by Winterhalter with a different background.