Antoine Vestier

Among his sitters was the royal cabinet-maker, Jean Henri Riesener (1786, Musée de Versailles). Further portraits include • The Chevalier de Latude, 1789 (Paris, musée Carnavalet) • Nicolas-Guy Brenet, painter, 1786 (Paris, musée du Louvre) • Jean Thurel, fusilier, 1788; this aged veteran wears three medals, witness to his seventy-two years of service (Tours, musée des Beaux-Arts) • A Chevalier of Malta holding the portrait of the Bailli de Hautefeuille, commander of the Order, 1788 (Dijon, musée des beaux-arts). • François-Joseph Gossec, unknown date. Vestier was the father of portraitist Marie-Nicole Vestier, wife of miniaturist François Dumont.

Training under Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris, Northern Low Countries and London. Positions recorded include court painter. Works named in the authority record are Dam i rosa klänning. Work by Antoine Vestier is recorded in the collections of Museo del Prado, Nationalmuseum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Palace of Versailles and National Galleries Scotland.

• Illustration — The Artist's Daughter, Marie-Nicole Vestier, 1783 • Illustration — The Pretty Gardener, 1787 • Illustration — Jean Thurel, 1788 • Illustration — Head of a Bacchante, 1783 • Illustration — A Cellist, 1788

The authorities additionally record the headings M. Vestier and Vestier. His recorded language was French. He married Marie Anne Révérend.

Recorded position is court painter. He belonged to Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. He worked at Paris, Northern Low Countries and London.