Théodule Ribot first tried to study art at the trade school in Châlons, École des Arts et Métiers. When his father died in 1840, Ribot had to help support his family. He worked as a bookkeeper in Rouen, married early, and left for Paris in 1845. There he did various jobs, studied in the atelier of <a href=" https://findartvalue.com/artist/auguste-berthelemy-glaize">Auguste-Barthélémy Glaize</a> (1