Dominique Papety

He is best known for his canvases and drawings on Greek themes, both Classical and contemporary, and is considered an early member of the Néo-Grec movement.

The following year, he and Charles Octave Blanchard [fr] shared first place for the Prix de Rome.

He visited all twenty-three monasteries on Mount Athos, made hundreds of drawings and, the following year, published a combination travelogue and report in the Revue des deux Mondes titled Les peintures byzantines et les couvents de l'Athos; influenced by the ideas of Charles Fourier.

In addition, he documented archaeological sites and made ethnographic studies of the local customs and costumes.

Following a suggestion by the Duc de Montpensier, he created a scene commemorating the Royal Family's visit to Athens in 1845.