Prix de Rome Laureates
Antonin Mercié
Premier Grand Prix de Rome in sculpture, 1868
Antonin Mercié wins the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in sculpture, 1868, and becomes a resident of the French Academy in Rome, at the Villa Medici.
The journey to Rome took place in the 19th century, within the long history of the French Academy.
That same year, the Premier Grand Prix was also awarded to Tony Noël.