Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin

He displayed an aptitude for drawing from an early age, and his talent drew the attention of the steward of the local bishop.

In 1781, after a short stay in Dijon with his older brother Georges-Nicolas (1758-1800), a portrait miniaturist, he moved to Paris.

At first, he worked in the studios of Pierre Gatien Philipon (1724-1787), but soon focused on miniatures and developed his own large clientele.

To this was added peintre des Affaires étrangères (painter of foreign affairs) and, in 1819, peintre en miniature de la Chambre et du Cabinet du roi (miniature painter of the royal court).

[2] Not long after, he fell out of favor with the King and was replaced by his former student, Lizinska de Mirbel.