Prix de Rome Laureates
Dominique Papety
Premier Grand Prix de Rome in painting, 1836
Dominique Papety wins the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in painting, 1836, 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 Charles Octave Blanchard.