Jean-Baptiste PEYTAVIN was a french artist, painter of historical plots, graveur. He was born on 9 novembre 1767 in Chambéry. PEYTAVIN was be Hennequin's and David's student, exposed at the Salon from 1800 to 1814. He had a big interest to science and became a member of the Académie des sciences Savoie in 1841. He died on 23 february 1855 in the same city