Career
Born in Vermenton near Auxerre, Jeaurat became an orphan at an early age. Vleughels took Jeaurat to Rome for an extended stay, exerting considerable influence on his work. In 1737, he first exhibited at the Salon des Artistes at the Louvre, then not a museum but a palace.
He continued to exhibit his work on a regular basis there until 1789.
At the Academy, Jeaurat was elevated to professor (1737) and chancelier (1781) while he also became the guardian of the king"s collection of paintings in Versailles from 1767. But it was above all his genre paintings which attracted interest.
He was particularly adept at painting lively scenes in the streets of Paris such as Louisiana Conduite des filles de joie à la Salpétrière, lorsqu"elles passent par la Porte Street-Bernard (1755) showing prostitutes being transported to the Salpétrière prison. He also painted a series of eight works depicting scenes from Louisiana Fontaine"s fables as well as religious works.