He is known for a bust that he made of Napoleon and a statue of a French Dragoon on the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel.

[4] Corbet was made librarian of the École Centrale in October 1793, and held this position for at least five years.

The first plaster model, 33 inches (840 mm) high, was exhibited in the Salon of July 1798, with the inscription "... fait d'après nature".

[8] At the Salon of 1800 Corbet presented a marble version of the bust of General Bonaparte, executed on the orders of the Directory during the Egyptian campaign.

[9] Having moved permanently to Paris, in 1801 Corbet exhibited a huge bust of the French Republic, which earned him an honorable mention.

[9] He was charged with creating the statue of a French dragoon for the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, and a statue of general Caffarelli for the Senate stairway, which was exhibited in the Salon of 1806 along with a bust of General Béraud, also commissioned by the government.