Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Ka dib markii uu ka tanaasulay sawirka taariikhda mawduucyada qurxinta in muddo ah, 1798 wuxuu soo saaray "Augereau on the bridge at
"Arcole", taasoo ah tii ugu horeysay ee taxane ah oo lagu ammaanayo Boqortooyada. Wuxuu u ambabaxay Talyaaniga, isagoo joogay Akadeemiyada Faransiiska ee Rome, halkaas oo uu kula kulmay Dominique Ingres oo noqday agaasimaha Akadeemiyada 1816 ilaa 1823. Markii uu ku soo laabtay Paris, waxaa loo doortay xubin ka mid ah Académie des Beaux-Arts 1825, ka dibna waxaa loo magacaabay Conservateur of the Cabinet des estampes ee Bibliothèque nationale.