Alexandre Cabanel

French · 1823–1889 · Painter, Draughtsman

Alexandre Cabanel was a French painter. He painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style. He was also well known as a portrait painter. He was… (Wikipedia)

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Alexandre Cabanel was a French painter. He painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style. He was also well known as a portrait painter. He was Napoleon III's preferred painter and, with Gérôme and Meissonier, was one of "the three most successful artists of the Second Empire."

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Born 1823, MontpellierDied 1889, ParisOccupation Painter, DraughtsmanWikidata Q310437 ↗ULAN 500004789 ↗Museum works 20

academic artL'art pompier

Also known as a. cabanel, alex cabanel, Alexander Cabanel, Cabanel

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Alexandre Cabanel, The Birth of Venus — **The Birth of Venus**1875 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of John Wolfe, 1893 — Open Access (CC0)

Alexandre Cabanel, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe (1828–1887) — **Catharine Lorillard Wolfe (1828–1887)**1876 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Bequest…

Alexandre Cabanel, Echo — **Echo**1874 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mary Phelps Smith, in memory of her h…

Alexandre Cabanel, Florentine Poet — **Florentine Poet**1861 · Oil on wood
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The John Hobart Warren Bequest, 1923 — Open A…

Alexandre Cabanel, Nude Male Figure with a Sword — **Nude Male Figure with a Sword**1878 · Black chalk
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Karen B. Cohen Gift, 1988 — Open Ac…

Alexandre Cabanel, Study for "The Hours," Hôtel Pereire, Paris — **Study for "The Hours," Hôtel Pereire, Paris**ca. 1864 · Red chalk
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Harvey Salzman, 2020 — Open Access…

Alexandre Cabanel, Arab man — **Arab man**1850
Museu Nacional de Belas Artes ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Museu Nacional de Belas Artes

Alexandre Cabanel, Thamar — **Thamar**1875
Musée d'Orsay ↗
CC BY 3.0 · Sailko, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) — Musée d'Orsay

Alexandre Cabanel, Félix Massé — **Félix Massé**1847
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Alexandre Cabanel, Untitled — **Untitled**1889
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Béziers ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Musée des Beaux-Arts de Béziers

Alexandre Cabanel, Judith — **Judith**
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Béziers ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Musée des Beaux-Arts de Béziers

Alexandre Cabanel, Oedipus Separating from Jocasta — **Oedipus Separating from Jocasta**1843
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Alexandre Cabanel, Cornelia Lyman Warren — **Cornelia Lyman Warren**1871
Davis Museum and Cultural Center ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Davis Museum and Cultural Center

Alexandre Cabanel, Aglaida and Boniface — **Aglaida and Boniface**c. 1857 · oil on canvas
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Elizabeth Ludwig Fennell — Open Access (CC0)

Alexandre Cabanel, Academic Nude — **Academic Nude**n.d. · Red and brown Conté crayon on tan wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr. — public do…

Alexandre Cabanel, Woman Reaching Over a Wall, study for The Life of Saint Louis, King of France — **Woman Reaching Over a Wall, study for The Life of Saint Louis, King of France**c. 1878 · Black and red chalk, with touches of stumping, on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Anonymous gift — public domain (CC0)

Alexandre Cabanel, Study of Man's Upturned Head — **Study of Man's Upturned Head**c. 1878 · Black and red chalk on gray laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Anonymous gift — public domain (CC0)

Alexandre Cabanel, Central Figure, study for The Life of Saint Louis, King of France — **Central Figure, study for The Life of Saint Louis, King of France**c. 1878 · Charcoal, with stumping, on tan wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr. — public do…

Alexandre Cabanel, St. Louis pendant la Justice — **St. Louis pendant la Justice**c. 1875 · black chalk with stump work
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin — Open Access (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: auction results, Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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