
In 1845, while he was at the National School of Fine Arts, Cabanel won the second Grand Prix de Rome, which allowed him to move to Italy for a few years.Like all the other residents, he had to send paintings back regularly to testify the progress he was making during his stay in Rome. It was in this context that he painted The Fallen Angel, in 1847. Cabanel opted for a subject not often represented in French painting: the fall from Heaven of the Fallen Angel, who went on to become the Devil. Depicting an angel expelled from heaven by God, the painting shows an enraged Lucifer, with his hands crossed and tears running from his eyes. He lies on the ground, naked, while angels fly in the sky above to show the glory of God. Cabanel painted the work at the Villa Médicis in Rome as his second official envoi to Paris (envoi 2e année). The painting has been in the collection of the Musée Fabre since 1889 (inv. 889.2.1). The Musée Fabre collection record gives the unframed dimensions as 120.50 × 196.50 cm (framed: 160 × 223 cm).
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