Alexandre CABANEL (Montpellier 1823 - 1889 Paris) Exhibition : Alexandre Cabanel, 1823-1889: the tradition of beauty, Montpellier, Musée Fabre, 9 July-5 December 2010, Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, 4 February-15 May 2011, Bibliography : Cat.exp. Alexandre Cabanel, 1823-1889: the tradition of beauty, Michel Hilaire, Sylvain Amic, (dir.), Paris, Somogy, 2010, p. 463, n°240. Second daughter of Léon, Marquis de Laborde (1807-1869), director of the archives of the Empire and a great traveller, Nathalie married, in 1865, Frédéric Seillière (1839-1899), heir to a family of industrialists family of industrialists, who was later named "Baron Seillière" by His Holiness Leo XIII in 1885. A peculiar anecdote: Frédéric's elder brother, Aimé (1835-1870), married Marie (1844-1867), Nathalie's elder sister, in 1865. who was to live only two more years. Aimé then married Marguerite (1849-1922) in 1869, Marguerite (1849-1922), Nathalie's third sister. Their descendants include members of the following families families: Blanchy, de Buor de Villeneuve, de Cacqueray de Saint-Quenti, de Cagny, Colonna de Giovellina, Droulers, d'Espous, Gangneron, de Geoffre de Chabrignac, Jehannot d'Huriel de Bartillat, de Jouvencel, de Juge de Laferrière, de La Fouchardière, de Lander, Lemoyne de Forges, de Lencquesaing, Maistre, Martin de La Bastide d'Hust, de Mascureau, de Nicolay, de Pierre de Bernis, Reille, Sallé de Chou, de Terrasson de Montleau, Villedey, de Vincens de Causans. Bust portrait of Nathalie, Baroness Seillière (1846- 1929), née de Laborde Oil on canvas 66 x 55 cm. Signed and dated top left: 1869