Paul Cabet [SEP] place of death
Paul Cabet
Jean-Baptiste Paul Cabet (1 February 1815, Nuits, Yonne – 1876, Paris), was a French sculptor. He was the pupil of François Rude, his stepfather. Having achieved his own fame, he was the author of the statue known under the name of "Résistance" as a witness to the heroic fightings in Dijon during the 1870 war and other statues located in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
Main works.
- "Saint Martin partageant son manteau", Musée d'Orsay
for the high altar of St Vincent de Paul (1852). Late in his life, he was commissioned by the Museum of Fine Arts of Dijon to make a work on a subject of his choosing; he chose a mythological work, "Hebe and the Eagle of Jupiter" (1852). Other late works included "Love Triumphant" (1855-57; and "Head of Christ" (1852). After his death, the two unfinished works were completed by his student and nephew, Paul Cabet,