Decamps was born into a bourgeois family and as a young boy sent by his father to the Picardian countryside to experience the realities of peasant life. These formative years not only nurtured his interest for nature but also directed him toward an artistic career. He returned to Paris in 1816 and studied briefly with <a href=" https://findartvalue.com/artist/etienne-bouhot-1780-1">Étienne Bouhot<