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He was born at Avignon and trained there with his father, Antoine, and with the history painter Philippe Sauvan. He spent the years 1734 to 1752 in Rome, where he studied classical landscapes in the tradition of Claude and Gaspard Dughet, as well as the dramatic paintings of Salvatar Rosa. In Rome he was influenced by the contemporary Roman topographical painter Giovalli Paolo Panini. He had many English clients and admirers in Rome, including Richard Wilson, whom He is thought to have encouraged as a landscape painter.
He became a member of the Academy on his return to France and in 1753 received the important royal commission for a series of large canvases representing the ports of France (1753-65).
Some of his Works: