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[[Image:Apollonie Sabatier by Vincent Vidal (M500901 0000130 p).jpg|thumb|''Portrait of Apollonie Sabatier'', watercolor and gouache on paper]]

'''Vincent Vidal''' (20 January 1811 in Carcassonne – 1887 in Paris) was a French painter, pastellist, and watercolourist. He entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1837 and studied under Paul Delaroche.<ref>Bryan, Michael (1889). ''Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: Biographical and Critical, Volume 2''. G. Bell and Sons. p. 666.</ref> From 1843 to 1887, he exhibited regularly at the Salon, where he was awarded a third-class medal in 1844 and a second-class medal in 1849.<ref>Bryan, Michael and George Charles Williamson (1903). ''Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. Volume 5''. G. Bell. p. 298. {{OCLC|1281916}}.</ref> thumb|left|''Young woman reciting the rosary'', watercolor on paper

Vidal was noted especially for his portraits of fashionable Parisian women. His famous sitters included Alexandre Dumas and Empress Eugenie. Vidal was awarded the Légion d'honneur in 1852.<ref>''The Art Journal'', Volume 49 (1887). Virtue and Company. p. 287.</ref>

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