Prix de Rome
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The Prix de Rome or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them to stay in Rome for three to five years at the expense of the state. The prize was extended to architecture in 1720, music in 1803 and engraving in 1804. The prestigious award was abolished in 1968 by André Malraux, then Minister of Culture, following the May 68 riots that called for cultural change.
Palazzo Mancini, Rome, the seat of the Académie since 1725. Etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1752.
The Villa Medici as it looks today.
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.