English: Cabanel enjoyed a rapid rise to fame, winning a first-class medal and being appointed a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1855. He also became a professor of painting at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1863. This painting replicates a once-lost official portrait commissioned in 1865 for the apartments of Empress Eugénie in the Tuileries Palace. Scoffing critics of Napoleon III's regime dismissed the original work as "a portrait of a hotel manager."
In 2009, the full-length portrait was rediscovered in storage at the chateau of Compiegne.
; Framed H with buildup: 22 15/16 x W: 17 1/2 x D: 5 in. (58.26 x 44.45 x 12.7 cm); Framed H without buildup: 23 x W: 17 1/2 x D: 3 1/4 in. (58.42 x 44.45 x 8.26 cm)
The Second Empire 1852-1870: Art in France under Napoleon III. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia; The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit; Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris. 1978-1979. Before Monet: Landscape Painting in France and Impressionist Masters: Highlights from The Walters Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998. A Magnificent Age: Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2002-2004. Alexandre Cabanel, la tradition du beau. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Köln; Musee Fabre, Montpellier. 2010-2011.
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Acquired by William T. Walters, 1887-1893
Inscriptions
[Signature] In lower left in black cursive lettering: Ale Cabanel; [Signature] In lower right in brown block letters: Al. Cabanel
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