Portrait of François Wynckelman, François van der Donckt and Joseph Odevaere
by ODEVAERE, Joseph-Denis, Oil on canvas, 256 x 132 cm
After winning the Prix de Rome in 1804, the artist was given a fine municipal reception in Bruges, for which he expressed his gratitude by presenting the Academy with a painting immortalising its chairman, Fran�ois Wynckelman, and director, Fran�ois van der Donckt. They are shown sitting and standing respectively beneath Odevaere’s self-portrait.