Background
Augustin was born in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and died in Paris.
Augustin was born in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and died in Paris.
He first had some lessons from Jean-Baptiste Claudot and Jean Girardet in Nancy. After a few months in Dijon in 1780 he arrived in Paris in 1781 where he soon earned fame. During the French Revolution days he travelled to Brittany, Switzerland and Germany
She was 22 years younger than he and herself a painter in a similar style.
In 1806 Jacques Augustin was appointed official painter to the court.
Later on (1814) he became painter to the king. He died of cholera in Paris in 1832 and was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery.
Marie-Antoinette (1755–1793)
Napoleon I and his family
Louis XVIII, king of France
Louis-Philippe d"Orléans, duke of Orléans (1773–1850)
Marquise de Ségonzac
Madame Récamier (1777–1849)
Madame Van Hée born Dewinck, wife of the banker
General Laconpérie
Charles Antoine Callamard (1776–1821) Paris, Louvre
Louis Hector Chalot de Saint-Marc, bishop
Charles-Ferdinand, duke of Berry (1778–1820)
Antoine Denis Chaudet (1763–1810), sculptor
Madame de Kercado
Louis Joseph Auguste Coutan (1779–1830)
Marie Joseph Georges Rousse, the former president of the Chambre des notaires de Paris
Anne de Dorat, countess Coiffier de Moret
Anne Josephe Theroigne de Mericourt (1762–1817), a French Revolution pasionaria.