Brief Biography-Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry was from La Roche-sur-Yon in Western France. Martin Drolling tutored him, and the artist that influenced him most was Antonio da Correggio. Mythological works were his primary subject and his painting Zenobia Found on the Banks of the Araxes won him the Prix de Rome In 1850. The Pearl and the Wave was his most famous painting. His only historical picture was Charlotte Corday, an image after The Assassination of Marat by Jacques-Louis David. He primarily painted portraits and won much acclaim for his frescoes in public and private buildings throughout Paris.