Coleção: Alexandre Cabanel

Alexandre Cabanel was a French painter. He painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style. He was also known as a portrait painter. According to the Diccionario Enciclopedico Salvat, Cabanel is the best representative of L'art pompier and the favorite painter of Napoleon III.

Born: September 28, 1823, Montpellier, France
Died: January 23, 1889, Paris, France
On view: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Musée d'Orsay, Davis Museum, National Museum of Fine Arts
Period: Academic art
Nationality: French
Known for: Painting
Awards: Order of Saint Michael