Isidore Pils
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Isidore-Alexandre-Augustin Pils was a French academic painter of religious and military subjects.
Portrait of the artist, self portrait, 1853
Isidore Pils late self-portrait
St. Peter Healing a Lame Man at the Door of the Temple, 1838
Rouget de L'Isle Singing La Marseillaise, 1849
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.
Isidore Pils
…a history painting, St. Peter Healing a Lame Man at the Door of the Temple. Although in poor health, Pils then spent the customary three years at the French Academy in Rome at the Villa Medici, which then had Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres as its director. While in Italy he visited Naples, Venice, and Florence. Pils's earlier…
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
Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, visiting the French Academy in Rome