The painting won first prize at the Grand Prix de Rome.

Jérôme-Martin Langlois completed the painting titled Priam aux pieds d'Achille in 1809.

[2] The subject is from the Iliad and shows Priam, who has entered the Greek camp to offer a ransom for his deceased son Hector's body.

Achilles had been dragging the body of Hector behind his chariot as he circled the outer walls of Troy.

[1] The painting won first prize at the Grand Prix de Rome in 1809.