1761986 Portraits of Charles Percier, Pierre-Francois Leotard Fontaine and Claude-Louis Bernier, before 1807 (black & white chalk on buff paper) by Boilly, Louis Leopold (1761-1845); 13.8x32.2 cm; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA; (add.info.: Percier was born at Paris in 1764. In 1784, at age nineteen, he won the Prix de Rome, a government-funded fellowship for study in Rome. There he met Fontaine. One early product of their collaboarion was Palais, maisons et autres 矇difices modernes dessin矇s ? Rome ("A palace, houses and other modern buildings designed in Rome"), which attracted the attention of prospective clients when they returned to Paris. At the end of 1792, near the end of the first phase of the French Revolution, Percier was appointed to supervise the scenery at the Paris Op矇ra, a post at the center of innovative design. Fontaine returned from the security of London, where he had been exiled, and they continued at the Op矇ra together until 1796. Claude-Louis Bernier (1755??830) was a third member of their team.); Gift of David Jenness in honor of Arthur F. Jenness (Professor at Williams College, 1946??3); French, out of copyright.