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Who painted “Phaedra”?

“Phaedra” was painted by Alexandre Cabanel in 1880. Where to see it: Musée Fabre.

Orientalism

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Alexandre Cabanel: polished academic nudes and mythological scenes, smooth skin and pastel colours.

Alexandre Cabanel (28 September 1823 – 23 January 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. Wikipedia

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More by Alexandre Cabanel

• “Fallen angel”, 1847
• “The Birth of Venus”, 1863
• “Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned Prisoners”, 1887
• “Nymph abducted by a faun”, 1860
• “Ophelia”, 1883
• “Emperor Napoleon III”, 1865
• “Albaydé”, 1848
• “Thamar”, 1875