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Alexandre CabanelWW-1852-530510

1852·oil on canvas·Unframed: 62.2 x 68 cm (24 1/2 x 26 3/4 in.)

Bequest of Elizabeth Ludwig Fennell

Catalogue

Year: 1852
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: Unframed: 62.2 x 68 cm (24 1/2 x 26 3/4 in.)
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist: Alexandre Cabanel

Artist

Alexandre Cabanel

Painting

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."

Montpellier, France

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