Career
Chauvin was a student of the landscape painter Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes. The painting was commissioned by Louis XVIII of France for the Galerie de Diane at the Palace of Fontainebleau. Chauvin’s views of Italy show the influence of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres in their both classical and realist style.
Chauvin was elected Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1828.
His work was represented in the exhibition An Enchanted Country. Italy depicted by Artists from Thomas Jones to Corot at the Centro Internazionale d’Arte e di Cultura di Palazzo Te in Mantua, Italy in 2001.
French painting 1774-1830: the Age of Revolution. New York; Detroit: The Metropolitan Museum of Artist
The Detroit Institute of Arts.