Similar to Camille Corot (1796-1875) and Charles-François Daubigny (1817-1878), Jules Coignet received his education from the historic landscape painter Jean-Victor Bertin (1767-1842). In 1821 he left Paris to continue his education in Italy, where he developed an interest in view painting. He recorded his impressions in his pocket notebooks. He accumulated numerous sketches and drawings, which he developed (after the fact) into paintings in his studio.

Coignet went back to France in 1827. In 1840 he went to Italy again, where he remained until 1843. He then explored the Middle East for many years. In 1824, for the first time he exhibited his works at the Salon, and subsequently after that un...