Prix de Rome Laureates
Jean-Alexandre-Joseph Falguière
Premier Grand Prix de Rome in sculpture, 1859
Jean-Alexandre-Joseph Falguière wins the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in sculpture, 1859, 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 Louis-Léon Cugnot.
