Pierre-Athanase Chauvin (1774 - 1832)

• Was a French painter active in Italy.

• Chauvin was a student of the landscape painter Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes.

• He began his career at the Paris Salon in 1793.

• He won the First Class Medal in 1819 with his painting Charles VIII’s entry into Acquapendente.

• The painting was commissioned by Louis XVIII of France for the Galerie de Diane at the Palace of Fontainebleau. 

• In 1813, Chauvin settled in Rome and became a member of the Accademia di San Luca.

• Chauvin’s views of Italy show the influence of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres in their both classical and realist style.

• Chauvin knew Ingres and the latter painted portraits of Chauvin and his wife in 1814.

• Chauvin was elected Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1828. 

• His work was represented in the exhibition An Enchanted Country.

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