Alexandre Cabanel

Alexandre Cabanel  (1823–1889)
	Alternative names	Alexander Cabanel; a. cabanel; alex cabanel; Cabanel
	Description	French painter and university teacher
	Date of birth/death	28 September 1823	23 January 1889
	Location of birth/death	Montpellier	Paris
	Work period	between circa 1845 and circa 1887 date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1845-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1887-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
	Work location	Paris
	Authority file	: Q310437 VIAF: 34728607 ISNI: 0000000066617370 ULAN: 500004789 LCCN: nr90008003 WGA: c/cabanel GND: 121918319 SUDOC: 145893642 BNF: 14970934h NLP: a0000003633388 KulturNav: 1441f192-6efd-4e07-8904-7b966acc89e9 RKD: 14632 J9U: 987007442202605171 WorldCat

creator QS:P170,Q310437

Portraits

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  Self-portrait

  (1847)
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  Self-portrait

  (1852)

Patrons

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  Alfred Bruyas

  commissioned many works from Cabanel
• 
  Napoleon III

  would buy and also commission work from Cabanel

Works

• 
  La Chiaruccia

  , the first of a series of three commissioned by Bruyas
• 
  A thinker (Young Roman Monk)

  label QS:Len,"A thinker (Young Roman Monk)"

  label QS:Lpl,"Myśliciel (młody rzymski mnich)"

  label QS:Lfr,"Un penseur, jeune moine romain"
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  Albaydé

  , is the third and last of the series (1848)
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  Portrait of Eugène Rouher by Alexandre Cabanel, ca. 1861
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  Birth of Venus

  label QS:Len,"Birth of Venus"

  label QS:Lpl,"Narodziny Wenus"

  (1863) was exhibited at the Paris Salon and bought by Napoleon III; here is a smaller Copy by Cabanel from the year 1875
• 
  detail
• 
  The Expulsion of Adam and Eve

  label QS:Len,"The Expulsion of Adam and Eve"

  label QS:Lpl,"Wygnanie Adama i Ewy"

  ,1867
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  Fallen angel

  label QS:Len,"Fallen angel"

  label QS:Lpl,"Upadły anioł"

  , 1868
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  The death of en:Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta

  label QS:Len,"The death of en:Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta"

  label QS:Lpl,"Śmierć Francesca da Rimini i Paolo Malatesta"

  (1870)
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  La Comtesse De Keller (marquise de Saint Yves d'Alveydre)

  label QS:Len,"La Comtesse De Keller (marquise de Saint Yves d'Alveydre)"

  label QS:Lpl,"Hrabina De Keller (markiza de Saint Yves d'Alveydre)"

  , (1873)
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  Thamar

  label QS:Len,"Thamar"

  label QS:Lpl,"Tamar"

  (1875)
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  Harmonie

  label QS:Len,"Harmonie"

  label QS:Lpl,"Harmonia"

  (1877)
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  Jephthah's daughter

  label QS:Len,"Jephthah's daughter"

  label QS:Lpl,"Córka Jeftego"

  label QS:Lde,"Jephthas Tochter"

  (1879)
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  Phaedra

  label QS:Len,"Phaedra"

  label QS:Lpl,"Fedra"

  (1880)
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  Ophelia

  label QS:Len,"Ophelia"

  label QS:Lpl,"Ofelia"

  (1883)
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  Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned Prisoners

  label QS:Len,"Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned Prisoners"

  label QS:Lpl,"Kleopatra testująca truciznę na skazańcach"

  (1887)
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  Echo

  label QS:Len,"Echo"

  label QS:Lpl,"Echo"

  (1887)
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  en:Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston

  label QS:Len,"en:Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston"

  label QS:Lpl,"Mary Curzon, baronessa Kedleston"

  , 1887