Êàáàíåëü áûë, ïîæàëóé, ñàìûì ïîïóëÿðíûì è èìåíèòûì õóäîæíèêîì ýïîõè Âòîðîé èìïåðèè (1852-1870). Ìîäíûé ïîðòðåòèñò, ëþáèìûé æèâîïèñåö Íàïîëåîíà III è äðóãèõ åâðîïåéñêèõ ïðàâèòåëåé, îí âîøåë â èñòîðèþ èñêóññòâà êàê ñèìâîë èçæèâøåé ñåáÿ àêàäåìè÷åñêîé òðàäèöèè, óìåëî ïðèñïîñîáèâøåéñÿ ê òðåáîâàíèÿì âðåìåíè. Êàáàíåëü áûë îáëàäàòåëåì ìíîãèõ íàãðàä, ÷ëåíîì ôðàíöóçñêîé Àêàäåìèè.
Comtesse de Keller
Madame louise Marès
Portrait of Young Lady
Portrait of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe
Portrait of Madame Carette, born Amelia Bouvet
Portrait of Countess E.A. Vorontova-Dashkova
woman in summer
Ïàíäîðà
Phèdre (Phaedra)
Albaydé, 1848
The Chiarrucia 1848
The Daughter of Jephthah
Portrait de Madame Isaac Pereire
La Sulamite de Cabanel, gravée (eau-forte) par François Flameng