 Hallé took the Prix de Rome in 1736.He studied at the French Academy in Rome from 1737 until 1744 under the direction of Jean-Francois de Troy.As a history painter, he received royal commissions for work at the Grand Trianon, Choisy, the Petit Trianon, and for the Batiments; he worked for the Gobelins Manufactory factory, for the city of Paris and for the King of Poland.