 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mari yaaipiwa nemhuri yake yakanga isingakwani zvaaida, saka aipenda mifananidzo miduku, yaaitengesa achishandisa mumiririri. Pasinei neizvi, akanga asingakwanisi kuchengetedza mari yakakwana kuti aenderere mberi nezvidzidzo zvake muRoma. Achitarisira kuti aigona kuenda pamubhadharo wehurumende, akakwikwidza nokuda kwePrix de Rome uye, muna 1821, akapiwa mubayiro nokuda kwokufananidzira kwake Samsoni naDherira. Paakanga ari ikoko, akaramba achitumira mabasa kuParis kuti aratidzwe. Mufananidzo wake, Rufu rwaKesari, yakawanikwa neMusée du Luxembourg muna 1827. 