French Academy in Rome
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The French Academy in Rome is an academy located in the Villa Medici, within the Villa Borghese, on the Pincio in Rome, Italy.
The French Academy in Rome has been housed in the Villa Medici since 1804.
The French Academy seen from the Piazza Trinità dei Monti above the Spanish Steps.
Portrait of Prix de Rome winner and fellow student Merry-Joseph Blondel in front of the Villa Medici in 1809, by Ingres.
Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, visiting the French Academy in Rome.
Charles Le Brun
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Charles Le Brun was a French painter, physiognomist, art theorist, and a director of several art schools of his time. He served as a court painter to Louis XIV, who declared him "the greatest French artist of all time". Le Brun was a dominant figure in 17th-century French art and was influenced by Nicolas Poussin.
Portrait of Nicolas Le Brun by Charles Le Brun, c. 1635, Residenzgalerie, Salzburg
Venus Clipping Cupid's Wings, c. 1655, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Part of the ceilling of the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles