Alexandre Cabanel - The Birth of Venus - Google Art Project 3
Summary
Venus Anadyomene
Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1889) was a French painter. He painted historical, classical, and religious subjects in the academic style. He was also well known as a portrait painter. According to Diccionario Enciclopedico Salvat, Cabanel is the best representative of the L'art pompier and Napoleon III's preferred painter.
Tags
Date
1863
Source
Musée d'Orsay
Copyright info
public domain