Jean-Baptiste Goyet's first known work was a book he published in 1816 while still living in Chalon-sur-Saone.
12 Facts About Jean-Baptiste Goyet
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Jean-Baptiste Goyet's son, Eugene, was born when Jean-Baptiste was eighteen years old.
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Jean-Baptiste Goyet exhibited 20 paintings at the Salon from 1827 to 1849.
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Jean-Baptiste Goyet found a patron in Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry, who recognized and encouraged his early work and later made him curator of her renowned private gallery.
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Jean-Baptiste Goyet found success with genre paintings that depicted historical figures, or that captured moments from daily life in a historical setting.
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Unlike his son, who achieved great success with paintings of saints, Jean-Baptiste Goyet generally eschewed religious subjects.
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Mr Jean-Baptiste Goyet had very little to do to finish this beautiful work, but unfortunately could not enjoy its success.
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Jean-Baptiste Goyet commemorated the Trois Glorieuses with sentimental genre paintings.
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Jean-Baptiste Goyet's series titled Une Famille Parisenne depicts a mother and wife sheltering anxiously in their home, then consoling and bandaging their heroic son and husband on his return from the fray.
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Jean-Baptiste Goyet was appointed to a 10-man committee to consider the question of admitting women to the organization.
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Eugene Jean-Baptiste Goyet died less than three years after his father; their Salon careers were essentially parallel, beginning and ending together.
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Eugene Goyet exhibited a portrait of his father at the Salon of 1833, where it received a silver medal for portraiture.