| | '''The Prix de Rome''', created in 1663, was a scholarship for arts students (initially for promising painters and sculptors). Artists had to prove their talents by completing an elimination contest. | | '''The Prix de Rome''', created in 1663, was a scholarship for arts students (initially for promising painters and sculptors). Artists had to prove their talents by completing an elimination contest. |
| − | Some painters winners of this prize were: Pierre Monier (1663), [[Hyacinthe Rigaud]], [[Jean Antoine Watteau]], [[François Boucher]], [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]], [[Jacques-Louis David]], [[Jean Ingres]], André Giroux and [[William-Adolphe Bouguereau]]. | + | Some painters winners of this prize were: Pierre Monier (1663), [[Hyacinthe Rigaud]], [[Jean-Antoine Watteau]], [[François Boucher]], [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]], [[Jacques-Louis David]], [[Jean Ingres]], André Giroux and [[Adolphe William Bouguereau|William-Adolphe Bouguereau]]. |