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Alexandre Cabanel

18 works

Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889) was a French academic painter, best known for The Birth of Venus, bought by Emperor Napoleon III at the Salon of 1863. Read more

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Nude woman with long auburn hair seated against a rocky cliff, draped in white cloth, looking startled.

Echo

1874

Full-length portrait of a woman in a white satin gown with fur trim, resting her hand on a green draped table.

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe (1828-1887)

1876

Reclining nude woman on sea waves with flying cherubs above her, under a pale blue sky.

The Birth of Venus

1875

Painting of a red-capped poet gesturing on a stone bench beside a woman in white, with young men in a garden setting.

Florentine Poet

1861

Reclining nude woman with long auburn hair on a sea wave, with winged cherubs flying above in a blue sky.

The Birth of Venus

1863

Painting of Cleopatra reclining on cushions with a leopard and lotus, attendants and a body in an Egyptian courtyard behind.

Cleopatra

1887

Full-length portrait of a young woman in a green silk gown holding wildflowers, standing before a garden of dark foliage.

Christina Nilsson, 1843-1921, opera-singer, as Ofelia

1873

Oil portrait of an older bearded man in a dark jacket beside an easel and palette, with a red rosette on his lapel.

Self-portrait

1885

Painting of a woman in white and a laurel-crowned man with a lyre on a balcony overlooking the sea.

Aglaida and Boniface

c. 1857

Monochrome painting of a chained Titan rising above clouds while gods and winged figures gather in the background.

Le Titan

1884

Painting of a woman playing an organ while mourners in black listen in a richly furnished interior with a window.

La veuve du maître de chapelle

1859

Painting of a reclining woman in white drapery on a classical couch, with two attendants in a blue interior.

Phèdre

1880

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a white gown with pink sash and roses, resting on a red sofa against a dark background.

Portrait de Madame Edouard Hervé

1884

Triangular brown wash drawing of a seated bearded man beside a globe, with a cherub above and a pedestal at right.

Etude pour des écoinçons de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris

Pencil drawing of a triangular pediment with a seated woman, a man reaching for grapes, and a child between them.

Décor de fronton

St. Louis pendant la Justice

c. 1875

Nude Male Figure with a Sword

1878

Watercolor of a forest clearing with a pale rock face, mossy boulders, and tree trunks framing the scene.

Waldstück mit Felsbrocken

Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889) was a French academic painter, best known for The Birth of Venus, bought by Emperor Napoleon III at the Salon of 1863. Browse 18 works by Alexandre Cabanel from 9 museums, free to download in HD.