サン・シール陸軍士官学校
Among his patrons were Joséphine de Beauharnais, who bought his "The Tragic Love of Francesca da Rimini" for her gallery at Château de Malmaison. He became professor of drawing at two French military schools: the Prytanée National Militaire and then the Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr.