Alexandre CabanelFavorite of the salon, a classical painter with an erotic edge

The Death of Moses, 1850

Lived from September 28, 1823 — January 23, 1889
Born in France
movements Neoclassicism Academic Art

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Albaydé

The Death of Moses

Nymph and Satyr

The Birth of Venus

Fallen Angel

La Comtesse de Keller

Pandora

Echo

Phaedra

Rebecca et Eliézer

Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned Prisoners

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