A Departure to Rome Chantilly, 1755. A child is born into the Oise region of France. By age twenty-three, the trajectory of Nicolas-Didier Boguet shifts under the influence of the Prince de Condé. This patronage leads him to Paris, where he enters the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. He spends six years immersed in the rigors of art history and formal training, recommended by Augustin Pajou. The path seems set for a career in t…