| Timeline |
| 1704 |
Born 5 September in Saint-Quentin |
| 1719 |
Runs away from home |
| 1724 |
Settles in Paris |
| 1737 |
Approved by the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture |
| 1738 |
First exhibits at the Salon (exhibits every year until 1763) |
| 1746 |
Becomes a member of the Académie Royale |
| 1750 |
Appointed portraitist to the king |
| 1751 |
Appointed a council member of the Académie Royale |
| 1776 |
Endows three student prizes at the Académie Royale |
| 1776 |
Provides a charity fund for the relief of poor women in childbirth in Saint-Quentin |
| 1777 |
Sets up fund for old and infirm craftsmen in Saint-Quentin |
| 1782 |
Establishes an Ecole Royale de Dessin in Saint-Quentin |
| 1784 |
Retires to Saint-Quentin |
| 1788 |
Dies 17 February in Saint-Quentin |
