Jean Alaux
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Jean Alaux, called "le Romain", was a French history painter and Director of the French Academy in Rome from 1846 to 1852.
Jean Alaux (1818) by Ingres
Jean Alaux, The Battle of Denain (1839)
The Baptism of Clovis (1825)
The Storming of Valenciennes, 1837
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.
Jean Alaux
…Jean Alaux, called "le Romain" ("the Roman"), (1786 – 2 March 1864) was a French history painter and Director of the French Academy in Rome from 1846 to 1852. Alaux was born in Bordeaux, the son of a painter and the second of four brothers who all became painters. He received his first…
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