SILVESTRE, French family of artists

The engraver and draughtsman Israël Silvestre was a nephew of Israël Henriet. Most of Silvestre's children became painters, draughtsmen or engravers. His son Louis de Silvestre (the Younger) was a successful painter, who worked for the Saxon court from 1716 to 1748. Louis's brother Charles-François Silvestre was a painter, draughtsman and engraver. Louis Silvestre (the Elder) was a painter and engraver, and both Alexandre Silvestre and Suzanne Silvestre were engravers. Suzanne married the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne the Elder.




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