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. Object Type: painting. Date: circa 1865. Place of creation: USA. Dimensions: height: 41 cm (16.1 in); width: 32 cm (12.5 in); 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). Medium: hardwood, oil, wood panel. Depicted People: Napoleon III. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Alexandre Cabanel - Napoleon III - Walters 37146
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