| Timeline |
| 1732 |
Born at Grasse on 5 April |
| 1738 |
Family moves to Paris |
| 1747 |
Wins the Prix de Rome |
| 1748 |
Studies under Boucher for two years |
| 1748 |
Studies under Chardin |
| 1753 |
Enrolls at the Ecole Royale des Elèves Protégés, student of Carle van Loo |
| 1756 |
Leaves for the French Academy in Rome |
| 1756 |
Studies under Natoire at the Academy |
| 1763 |
Visits the Netherlands |
| 1765 |
Returns to Paris |
| 1767 |
Ceases to exhibit at the Salon |
| 1769 |
Marries Marie-Anne Gérard |
| 1772 |
Returns to the Netherlands |
| 1773 |
Returns to Italy |
| 1793 |
David appoints him conservateur at the Muséum |
| 1806 |
Dies of a stroke 22 August |
