Alexandre Cabanel

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Alexandre Cabanel

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French Academic Classical painter and teacher

Born 1823 - Died 1889

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The Birth of Venus

1863

Oil on canvas

130 x 225 cms | 51 x 88 1/2 ins

Musee d'Orsay Paris | France

9 MPs
Thamar

Thamar

1875

Oil on canvas

180 x 248 cms | 70 3/4 x 97 1/2 ins

less than 1 MP

Florentine Poet

1861

Oil on wood

30.5 x 50.5 cms | 12 x 19 3/4 ins

Metropolitan Museum of Art Manhattan | United States

4 MPs
The Story Teller

The Story Teller

1883

Oil on canvas

55.9 x 83.8 cms | 22 x 33 ins

less than 1 MP
Portia, from 'The Merchant of Venice'

Portia, from 'The Merchant of Venice'

1881

Oil on canvas

87.3 x 122.9 cms | 34 1/4 x 48 1/4 ins

1 MPs

The Nymph Echo

1874

Oil on canvas

97.8 x 66.7 cms | 38 1/2 x 26 1/4 ins

Metropolitan Museum of Art Manhattan | United States

4 MPs
Velléda

Velléda

1852

less than 1 MP
Nymphe et Satyr

Nymphe et Satyr

Nymph and Satyr

1860

Oil on canvas

Private collection

Credit: Brian Shapiro

less than 1 MP

The Rovers of the Ardennes

1882

Oil on canvas laid to masonite

111.8 x 72.4 cms | 44 x 28 1/2 ins

less than 1 MP
La Belle Portia

La Belle Portia

The Beautiful Portia

1886

Oil on canvas

132.1 x 91.4 cms | 52 x 36 ins

2 MPs
Le Concert Florentin

Le Concert Florentin

Oil on panel

less than 1 MP
John the Baptist

John the Baptist

1849

Oil on canvas

195 x 141.5 cms | 76 3/4 x 55 1/2 ins

Musee Fabre Montpellier | France

1 MPs
Psyché

Psyché

1881

Oil on canvas

101.6 x 71.1 cms | 40 x 28 ins

2 MPs
The Birth of Venus

The Birth of Venus

Oil on board

35 x 27 cms | 13 3/4 x 10 1/2 ins

2 MPs
Queen Vashti

Queen Vashti

1880

Oil on canvas

130.2 x 99.1 cms | 51 1/4 x 39 ins

Chi-Mei Museum

less than 1 MP
The Mocking of Christ

The Mocking of Christ

1845

Oil on canvas

146 x 113.5 cms | 57 1/4 x 44 1/2 ins

École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts Paris | France

1 MPs
Écoutant la Voix d'Echo

Écoutant la Voix d'Echo

Oil on canvas

73.3 x 59.7 cms | 28 3/4 x 23 1/2 ins

3 MPs
Mary Magdalene at the Tomb

Mary Magdalene at the Tomb

1875

Oil on canvas

90.8 x 74.9 cms | 35 1/2 x 29 1/4 ins

3 MPs
Adam

Adam

1863-1867

Oil on canvas

Musee Fabre Montpellier | France

less than 1 MP

La Chiaruccia

1848

Oil on canvas

97 x 78 cms | 38 x 30 1/2 ins

Musee Fabre Montpellier | France

5 MPs
The Glorification of St. Louis

The Glorification of St. Louis

1853-1855

Oil on canvas

428.5 x 446.5 cms | 168 1/2 x 175 3/4 ins

Musee Fabre Montpellier | France

1 MPs
Orestes

Orestes

1846

Oil on canvas

221 x 236.3 cms | 87 x 93 ins

Musee des Beaux-Arts Béziers | France

1 MPs

Boniface and Aglaia

c. 1857

Oil on canvas

62.2 x 68 cms | 24 1/4 x 26 3/4 ins

Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland | United States

11 MPs
Orestes (sketch)

Orestes (sketch)

1846

Oil on canvas mounted on wood

27 x 31.5 cms | 10 1/2 x 12 1/4 ins

Musee Fabre Montpellier | France

less than 1 MP
Othello Relating His Battles

Othello Relating His Battles

1857

Oil on canvas

115.6 x 130.8 cms | 45 1/2 x 51 1/4 ins

Speed Art Museum Louisville | United States

1 MPs
Paul the First Hermit with Lions

Paul the First Hermit with Lions

1841-1845

Oil on canvas

32.4 x 40.5 cms | 12 3/4 x 15 3/4 ins

Musee Fabre Montpellier | France

1 MPs
Study for 'Fallen Angel'

Study for 'Fallen Angel'

1846

Oil on canvas

25.2 x 37.4 cms | 9 3/4 x 14 1/2 ins

Musée Duplessis Valcourt | Canada

1 MPs

Eve After the Fall

Oil on canvas

74.9 x 95.9 cms | 29 1/2 x 37 3/4 ins

Private collection

Credit: Brian Shapiro

10 MPs
Merchant of Venice

Merchant of Venice

1881

Oil on canvas

87.4 x 122.2 cms | 34 1/4 x 48 ins

Private collection

4 MPs
Michelangelo in His Studio, Visited by Pope Julius II

Michelangelo in His Studio, Visited by Pope Julius II

1859

Oil on canvas

79 x 133 cms | 31 x 52 1/4 ins

less than 1 MP

The Death of Moses

1851

Oil on canvas

284.5 x 304.8 cms | 112 x 120 ins

Dahesh Museum New York | United States

10 MPs

Rebecca and Eliezer

1883

Oil on canvas

57.1 x 95.8 cms | 22 1/4 x 37 1/2 ins

10 MPs
Loves Messenger

Loves Messenger

1883

Oil On Canvas

47.6 x 80.6 cms | 18 1/2 x 31 1/2 ins

Private collection

2 MPs
Miss Cornelia Lyman Warren

Miss Cornelia Lyman Warren

1871

Oil on canvas

182.6 x 88 cms | 71 3/4 x 34 1/2 ins

Davis Museum and Cultural Center 02481 | United States

less than 1 MP
Giacomina

Giacomina

1871

Oil on canvas

160 x 76.2 cms | 63 x 30 ins

Private collection

2 MPs
Christina Nilsson as Ofelia

Christina Nilsson as Ofelia

1873

Oil on canvas

Gripsholm Castle Mariefred | Sweden

less than 1 MP
Patricienne de Venise

Patricienne de Venise

1881

Oil on canvas

130.5 x 80.3 cms | 51 1/4 x 31 1/2 ins

Private collection

less than 1 MP
The Daughter Of Jephthah

The Daughter Of Jephthah

1879

Oil on canvas

100.3 x 64.8 cms | 39 1/4 x 25 1/2 ins

Private collection

less than 1 MP
The Druidess

The Druidess

1868

Oil on canvas

116.8 x 78.4 cms | 45 3/4 x 30 3/4 ins

Musee des Beaux-Arts Béziers | France

less than 1 MP

Samson and Delilah

1878

Oil on Canvas

64.8 x 92.7 cms | 25 1/2 x 36 1/4 ins

Private collection

3 MPs

Paige

Young Page in Florentine Garb

Page

1881

Oil on canvas

104 x 71 cms | 40 3/4 x 27 3/4 ins

Collection of Fred and Sherry Ross United States

1 MPs
The Roman Monk

The Roman Monk

Oil on canvas

Private collection

less than 1 MP
Albayde

Albayde

1848

Oil on canvas

Public collection

Credit: Brian Yoder's GoodArt Gallery

less than 1 MP
Young Roman

Young Roman

1849

Oil on canvas

60 x 48 cms | 23 1/2 x 18 3/4 ins

Musée Paul Valéry Sète | France

1 MPs

Ruth revenant des Champs

Ruth en Repos

Ruth Returning from the Fields

Oil

less than 1 MP
Mrs. Collis Potter Huntington

Mrs. Collis Potter Huntington

1882

Oil on canvas

216.5 x 128.3 cms | 85 x 50 1/2 ins

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco SF | United States

less than 1 MP

Comtesse Clermont-Tonnerre, née Victoire de La Tour du Pin Chambly de La Charce (1836-1915)

Lady in Waiting to Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy

c. 1863

Oil on canvas

138 x 82 cms | 54 1/4 x 32 1/4 ins

1 MPs

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe (1828–1887)

1876

Oil on canvas

171 x 109 cms | 67 1/4 x 42 3/4 ins

Metropolitan Museum of Art Manhattan | United States

less than 1 MP
Portrait of an Arab

Portrait of an Arab

c. 1875

Oil on canvas

65 x 54 cms | 25 1/2 x 21 1/4 ins

Musee Fabre Montpellier | France

1 MPs
The Governess

The Governess

c. 1870

Oil on canvas

Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia | United States

less than 1 MP
The Evening Angel

The Evening Angel

1848

Oil on canvas

19 x 23 cms | 7 1/4 x 9 ins

Musee Fabre Montpellier | France

1 MPs
Study for 'Oedipus Bids Farewell to Jocasta'

Study for 'Oedipus Bids Farewell to Jocasta'

1843

Oil on canvas

33 x 41 cms | 12 3/4 x 16 ins

Musée Duplessis Valcourt | Canada

1 MPs
Harmony

Harmony

Oil on canvas

Private collection

less than 1 MP

Ophelia

1883

Oil on canvas

77 x 117.5 cms | 30 1/4 x 46 1/4 ins

Private collection

less than 1 MP

Phèdre

Phaedra

1880

Oil On Canvas

148.5 x 100.3 cms | 58 1/4 x 39 1/4 ins

Private collection

3 MPs
Portrait of a Young Lady

Portrait of a Young Lady

Oil on canvas

127 x 78 cms | 50 x 30 1/2 ins

Formerly in the Collection of Fred and Sherry Ross United States

less than 1 MP
Mary Frick Garrett (later Mrs. Henry Barton Jacobs)

Mary Frick Garrett (later Mrs. Henry Barton Jacobs)

1885

Oil on canvas

139.7 x 88.9 cms | 54 3/4 x 35 ins

Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore | United States

1 MPs
Portrait of a Lady in a White Dress

Portrait of a Lady in a White Dress

1886

Oil on canvas

146.4 x 97.2 cms | 57 1/2 x 38 1/4 ins

1 MPs
Madame Carette

Madame Carette

1868

Oil on canvas

124.8 x 85 cms | 49 x 33 1/4 ins

Musee national du chateau de Compiegne Compiègne | France

1 MPs
Baroness Paul von Derwies

Baroness Paul von Derwies

1871

Oil on canvas

140 x 105 cms | 55 x 41 1/4 ins

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice Nice | France

1 MPs
Portrait de John William Mackay (1831-1902)

Portrait de John William Mackay (1831-1902)

Portrait of John William Mackay (1831-1902)

1878

Oil on canvas

129.5 x 85.1 cms | 50 3/4 x 33 1/2 ins

Private collection

2 MPs
Christina Nilsson as Pandora

Christina Nilsson as Pandora

1873

Oil on canvas

70.2 x 49.2 cms | 27 1/2 x 19 1/4 ins

Walters Art Museum Baltimore | United States

1 MPs
Olivia Peyton Murray Cutting

Olivia Peyton Murray Cutting

1887

Oil on canvas

172.7 x 137.5 cms | 67 3/4 x 54 ins

Museum of the City of New York New York | United States

1 MPs
The Sutton Sisters

The Sutton Sisters

1871

Oil on canvas

less than 1 MP
Emperor Napoleon III

Emperor Napoleon III

1865

Oil on canvas

238 x 170 cms | 93 1/2 x 66 3/4 ins

Musee national du chateau de Compiegne Compiègne | France

1 MPs
Madame Edouart Herve

Madame Edouart Herve

1884

Oil on canvas

102 x 75.5 cms | 40 x 29 1/2 ins

Musee du Petit Palais Paris | France

1 MPs

Mary Victoria Leiter (1870–1906), Lady Curzon

1887

Oil on canvas

129.5 x 94 cms | 50 3/4 x 37 ins

Kedleston Hall - National Trust Derby | United Kingdom

1 MPs
Fanny Clapp

Fanny Clapp

1881

Oil on canvas

73 x 55.9 cms | 28 1/2 x 22 ins

Yale University Art Gallery New Haven | United States

1 MPs
Alfred Armand

Alfred Armand

1883

Oil on canvas

175 x 127 cms | 68 3/4 x 50 ins

Musee d'Orsay Paris | France

Credit: Musée d'Orsay  (France - Paris)

1 MPs
La Comtesse de Keller

La Comtesse de Keller

1873

Oil on canvas

99 x 76 cms | 38 3/4 x 29 3/4 ins

Musee d'Orsay Paris | France

6 MPs
Mme N. M. Polovtsova

Mme N. M. Polovtsova

1876

Oil on canvas

206 x 124.5 cms | 81 x 49 ins

Hermitage St Petersburg | Russian Federation

less than 1 MP
Portrait of Mademoiselle Louise Marès, soon-to-be Baroness of Albenas

Portrait of Mademoiselle Louise Marès, soon-to-be Baroness of Albenas

1851

Oil on canvas

101 x 83.5 cms | 39 3/4 x 32 3/4 ins

3 MPs
Portrait of Monsieur Ricome

Portrait of Monsieur Ricome

Oil on canvas

72.9 x 59.4 cms | 28 1/2 x 23 1/4 ins

3 MPs
Self Portrait

Self Portrait

1852

Private collection

Credit: Don Kurtz

less than 1 MP
George Lucas

George Lucas

1873

Oil on canvas

55.3 x 45.7 cms | 21 3/4 x 17 3/4 ins

Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore | United States

1 MPs
Self Portrait as a Child

Self Portrait as a Child

1836

Oil on canvas

51 x 42 cms | 20 x 16 1/2 ins

Musee Fabre Montpellier | France

1 MPs
Alfred Bruyas

Alfred Bruyas

1846

Oil on canvas

74 x 63.2 cms | 29 x 24 3/4 ins

Musee Fabre Montpellier | France

1 MPs
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

1842

Oil on canvas

41.3 x 33 cms | 16 1/4 x 13 ins

less than 1 MP
Autoportrait

Autoportrait

A Self-Portrait

1847

Oil on canvas

61 x 48.9 cms | 24 x 19 1/4 ins

Private collection

1 MPs
Tête d'étude

Tête d'étude

Head Study

Oil

3 MPs
Self Portrait

Self Portrait

Oil On Canvas

Private collection

less than 1 MP
Sophie and Berthe Cabanel

Sophie and Berthe Cabanel

1872

Oil on canvas

65 x 110 cms | 25 1/2 x 43 1/4 ins

Musee Fabre Montpellier | France

1 MPs
The Birth of Venus

The Birth of Venus

1875

Oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art Manhattan | United States

less than 1 MP
Study

Study

Charcoal on paper

less than 1 MP
Nu masculin assis, vu di sotto in su, aiguisant la lame d'une faux

Nu masculin assis, vu di sotto in su, aiguisant la lame d'une faux

Naked Male Sitting, Seen From Below, Sharpening the Blade of a Scythe

Red crayon on card stock

30.5 x 23.5 cms | 12 x 9 1/4 ins

2 MPs

Nude Male Figure with a Sword

1878

Black chalk

Metropolitan Museum of Art Manhattan | United States

less than 1 MP
Étude de femme debout

Étude de femme debout

Study of a Standing Woman

Red chalk on paper

46 x 28 cms | 18 x 11 ins

Credit: Signed

1 MPs
Étude de personnages

Étude de personnages

Character Study

Lead pencil

38.5 x 28.5 cms | 15 x 11 ins

2 MPs
Engaving after Cabanel's 'The Sulamite'

Engaving after Cabanel's 'The Sulamite'

Engraving

Public collection

Credit: John Lovelady

less than 1 MP