Academy of Fine Arts

The, a French institution, originally founded (Academy of France fn 1648 at Paris under the name of: the Academy of Painting and — ture. In 1795 it was joined to the ‘Academy of Architecture, and has borne its present name since 1819, | Academy of France at Rome, an institution for the advanced — of the fine arts in Rome, Italy, founded by Colbert in 1666, during the reign of Louis XIV. It was at first established in the ruined villa Mancini on the Corso, and, in 1803, at the villa Medicis. The young artists, painters, sculptors, architects, engravers and musicians who secure the annual prizes -of the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris spend four years there, with an annual pension of 3,500 francs and traveling expenses.