Person
Alexandre Cabanel
French painter
Alexandre Cabanel (September 28, 1823 –January 23, 1889) is a French painter.
He paints historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style.
He is also well known as a portrait painter.
According to Diccionario Enciclopedico Salvat, Cabanel is the best representative of the L'art pompier, and is Napoleon III's preferred painter.