Benjamin Ulmann (blotzheim 1929 – Paris 1884)

Benjamin ULMANN (Blotzheim 1829 – Paris 1884)
Patroclus at Amphidamas'
Signed and inscribed “To my friend Chapu B.” Ulmann''
21.2 x 22.2 cm
Sketch for the painting; Ulmann’s first submission from the French Academy in Rome in 1861.
The large painting, measuring 173.5 x 176 cm, was first exhibited at the Villa Medici in April 1861, then at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in November of the same year. The painting was subsequently exhibited at the 1863 Salon under number 1820.
The painting, which was highly praised by critics, was purchased directly at the exhibition by the imperial government, which assigned it to the Tessé Museum in Le Mans, where it is still housed today.
Our small painting was given by Benjamin Ulmann to Henri Chapu (1833–1894), one of his fellow students at the Villa Medici in Rome.
Like Benjamin Ulmann, Henri Chapu won the Prix de Rome, but in the category of sculpture.