Salon of 1836

This meant commissioning of a number of battle scenes depicting patriotic moments from French history.

[6] Camille Roqueplan displayed The Lion in Love, now in the Wallace Collection[7] Léon Cogniet's The National Guard of Paris Departs for the Army portrayed a scene from 1792 during the first French Revolution.

Eugène Delacroix exhibited The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian but a painting featuring Hamlet was rejected by the committee.

[8] [9] The German artist Franz Xaver Winterhalter made his Salon debut with Il Dolce far niente.

[12] In portraiture Auguste de Châtillon submitted a portrait of the writer Victor Hugo seated with his son.