Born in Lyon to a painter of modest abilities, Adrien Manglard trained with Frère Imbert in his native city before traveling to Rome in 1715. In the Eternal City, Manglard received additional training in the studio of the marine painter Bernardino Fergioni. Manglard’s precocious abilities were recognized early on by the sculptor Pierre Legros, who acquired two of his seascapes before 1719. Further prestigious commissions were to follow, including from Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy and King of Piedmont in 1726; Philip, Duke of Parma in 1759; and the Rospigliosi family in Rome. Manglard was approved by the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in Paris in 1734 and was received as a full member two years later. He was accept...