Brief Biography-Martin Drölling was from the town of Oberbergheim. He entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris as his first formal instruction. His painting “Interior of a Kitchen” gained him high recognition in 1817 when exhibited at the salon and went on to be hung at the Louvre. He was employed by the Sèvres porcelain manufactory from 1802 where his works were engraved. His son Michel Martin became a successful historical and portrait painter who received the Grand Prix de Rome and became a professor of the École des Beaux-Arts.