Brief Biography-Jean Hippolyte Flandrin was one of three brothers who were artists born in Lyon. Hippolyte was a lithographer, historical painter, and portraitist; his older brother, Auguste, initially taught him. After being trained by the sculptor Jean-François Legendre-Héral and the painter Pierre Révoil, Hippolyte and his younger brother Paul enrolled in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Lyon. In 1829, they travelled to Paris and entered Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres'atelier as students. Hippolyte won the Grand Prix de Rome three years later and went to Rome in 1833, followed by Paul a year later. He achieved considerable success with his religious works and received several church commissions in Paris. He was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1853 and became a painting professor in 1857. For health reasons, he returned to Italy in 1863 but died there the following year. One of his most noted students was Jules-Élie Delaunay. His brother Paul became a successful landscape painter and had the Knight of the Legion of Honour bestowed on him in 1848.