Description
Alexandre Cabanel’s Fallen Angel shows a winged figure seated on rocky ground, his face partly hidden behind a bent arm. Dark wings frame the body, while pale airborne figures sweep across the sky beyond. The nearest eye remains sharply visible beneath the lowered brow.
Painted in 1847, the scene contrasts physical beauty with a tense, wounded expression. The curled posture closes the figure inward, while the broad sky opens around him. Cabanel makes the emotional force depend on the eye, hands, and tightly contained body.
