Ernest Hébert

At the age of 22 years he achieved success with his painting Le cup en prison in the Paris Salon.

The Académie des Beaux-Arts awarded him the Prix de Rome in 1839 for the biblical composition Joseph's cup in Benjamin's sack.

The prize was a scholarship and a long study stay in the Villa Medici in Rome.

[1] Painted in a Romantic style, it depicts a family of Italian peasants escaping an epidemic by raft, a scene inspired by events Hébert had witnessed while in Italy.

[2] One of Hébert's students Paul Trouillebert was an important artist of the Barbizon School.