Following his brother in Paris in 1739, he continued his training with Lacolombe as "Orfèvre-ciseleur" and possibly also with Roettiers. Master's patent on March 12, 1746. Naturalization 1749. After his apprenticeship mainly active as an ornament engraver, a.o. at Lacolombe's ; in 1751 he received a royal privilege for ten years in this regard; established an engraving workshop and an art publisher on Rue de la Pelleterie in 1755, with which he quickly made a name for himself with virtuoso engravings in the new Crayon manner. In 1757-59 he developed a convincing method of printing facsimiles of chalk drawings. In 1762 he was accepted by the Monnaie de Paris as an "engraver-ciseleur". Diderot in his Salon reports enthusiastically supported him. He had many apprentices, among which foremost his nephew Gilles Antoine, who became his collaborator 1776. His sales room on rue de la Pelleterie was furnished by Boucher, Fragonard and J.B. Huet around 1765 with large-format trompe l'Œil paintings (today in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris) (Saur 2000).