Empresses and Queens in the Courtly Public Sphere from the 17th to the 20th Century

Marion Romberg is a Research Associate at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. She has published monographs, articles and databases on early modern visual culture, including essays in Contesting Europe: Comparative Perspectives on Early Modern Discourses on Europe, 1400–1800 (Brill, 2019) and Bodies and Maps: Early Modern Personifications of the Continents (Brill, 2020).

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of IllustrationsIntroduction: Empresses and Queens in Courtly Public Sphere from the 17th to the 20th CenturyMarion RombergPart 1: Early Modern Times1 Christina of Sweden’s Royal Representation in Architecture, Interiors and Portraits (1644–1654)Inga Lena Ångström Grandien2 An Early Modern Empress Consort’s Role in the Courtly Public Sphere: Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg and Her Media Appearance in Single-Sheet Prints and Medals between 1676 and 1687Marion Romberg3 Striking Images: The Public Image of Maria Theresa of Austria in Coins and Medals (1740–1780)Anna FabiankowitschPart 2: 19th Century4 Picturing Empress Maria Anna of Savoy-Sardinia on Medals in the First Half of the 19th CenturyAndrea Mayr5 ‘Secret Pictures’? Staging Privacy in Franz Xaver Winterhalter’s Portraits of Female MonarchsTitia Hensel6 Shaped to Suit a Nation: Mid-19th-Century Representations of the Last Empress of the FrenchAlison McQueen7 Feminine Majesty on an International Stage: French Postcards and Russian Empress Alexandra FeodorovnaAlison RowleyPart 3: 20th Century8 Andy Warhol’s Reigning Queens and the Deconstruction of the Royal Portrait in Modern TimesChristine EngelkeIndex