He lived in the age of photography, so apparently didn't have many painted portraits made of himself if an Internet search is any guide.
Winterhalter was a major society and royalty portrait artist.
Undated on the Internet, but judging by Louis Napoleon's appearance, perhaps around the same time as the previous image. Or maybe before he was proclaimed Emperor.
Napoleon is shown shorter, heavier than in Winterhalter's full-length portrait of him.
A stern, military expression on his face. That said, unlike Napoleon I, he was no military genius.
Supposedly the portrait Empress Eugénie thought portrayed him best.
He must have enjoyed military uniforms and medals.
Taken a year before his disastrous war with Prussia and the end of his reign.
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