 In 1824 at Rome, his canvas of "The Samaritan" won the Pio Clementine Prize, two gold medals, and granted him a pension of 15 scudi monthly for three years, paid by the papal government under Pope Leo XII.In 1827 he was nominated honorary academic at the Academy in Rome.From 1827-1830, he was commissioned to work for the Count Zamoyski, President of the Senate at Warsaw, Poland.