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The Fallen Angel

1847

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The story

Cabanel painted the angel cast out of heaven at the Villa Medici in Rome in 1847, as his second official submission to prove his progress to Paris. The figure is often compared to Satan, the once faithful angel, and the artist's brother gave the canvas to Montpellier in 1889.

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Object details

Title: The Fallen Angel
Artist: Alexandre Cabanel
Date: 1847
Culture: French
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Musée Fabre, Montpellier (889.2.1)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0975
Original image: 3000 × 2050 px
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License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Alexandre Cabanel. The Fallen Angel. 1847. Musée Fabre, Montpellier (889.2.1). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0975/