François Marius Granet In Tivoli, 1810.

François Marius Granet, born on December 17, 1775, in Aix-en-Provence, where he died on November 21
1849, was a French Neoclassical painter and draftsman.
François Marius Granet took drawing classes at the Academy of Aix-en-Provence in the studio of
the Aix-based painter Jean-Antoine Constantin.
In 1796, Granet moved to Paris, where, on the recommendation of Auguste de Forbin, he became a student
of Jacques-Louis David. Living alongside the painters Anne-Louis Girodet and Dominique
Ingres in the disused Capuchin monastery, he produced a series of models of the cloister that would remain his
specialty.
Stay in Rome (1802–1824):
In 1802, he traveled to Rome, where he sketched ancient monuments. He also became known for
his interior scenes of churches and convents, rendered in a very somber Dutch style. He received a
gold medal at the 1808 Salon.
Between Versailles and Paris (1824–1847): 
After returning to France in 1824, he became a curator at the Louvre Museum and made a
final trip to Rome in 1829–1830, returning to his country house in Malvalat at a place called Les Granettes
in Aix-en-Provence.
Louis-Philippe I, King of the French and one of his collectors, then appointed him to a
position as curator at the Palace of Versailles in 1833.
During this period, Granet painted exceptional watercolors alongside his official commissions.
The final years (1848–1849):
He retired to Les Granettes, in Aix, before the Revolution of 1848. Upon his death in 1849, the contents of his
studio, his drawings, and his collections of 17th-century Dutch and Italian art were bequeathed to
the city of Aix-en-Provence and form an essential part of the Aix museum’s collection, which was renamed the
Musée Granet in his honor in 1949, on the centennial of his death.
The painting we are presenting here thus dates from his Italian period; it is signed in the lower right corner: 
Granet in Tivoli and dated 1810.
Oil on canvas, private collection.
Dimensions: h. 41 cm x w. 32.5 cm.
In perfect condition.