with Alexis Grognard at École de Dessin (Lyon); with Jacques-Louis David (1796, Paris)
1800 – begins exhibiting regularly at Paris Salon
1802 –Valentina of Milan Weeping over the Death of her Husband (untraced) exhibited at Salon, initiating Troubadour style
1808 – returns to Lyon
1815 – appointed chevalier of the Légion d’honneur
1818 – begins teaching at École des Beaux-Arts, Lyon
Josephine (Empress of France)
Mme Elisabeth Assisting in the Distribution of Milk, 1817 (Chateau de Versailles)
Pupil, François. Le style troubadour: ou la nostalgie du bon vieux temps. Nancy: Presses Universitaires de Nancy, 1985 (in French)