Théodore Caruelle d' Aligny

Théodore Caruelle d'Aligny's early artistic practice was spent in the ateliers of mythological genre painter Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754-1829) and landscape artist Louis-Étienne Watelet (1780-1866). Aligny first exhibited at the Salon of 1822 with Daphnis and Chloé (location unknown), which received little notice. As was the custom for artists in the nineteenth century, Aligny made a pilgrimage to Italy, where he remained until 1827. While in Rome, he met Corot (q.v.), whom Aligny acknowledged as his master, although Corot was only two years older. Aligny traveled and sketched in the...