He spent most of his career in Rome, but returned to his native country in triumph twice, after the successes of his works Antiochus and Stratonice  and The Vow of Louis XIII.
He spent most of his career in Rome, but returned to his native country in triumph twice, after the successes of his works Antiochus and Stratonice  and The Vow of Louis XIII. However, during most of his career, critics denounced his "Gothic" compositions, though he did win the Prix de Rome in 1801 for his Ambassadors of Agamemnon in the Tent of Achilles. He wished to focus on history paintings such as The Apotheosis of Homer  but is today remember for his sumptuous elongated nudes, the most famous of which was criticized for having three extra vertebrae For 10 points, name this French neoclassical painter of The Turkish Bath  and The Grand Odalisque.
He spent most of his career in Rome, but returned to his native country in triumph twice, after the successes of his works Antiochus and Stratonice  and The Vow of Louis XIII.
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres