Louis de Silvestre
Louis de Silvestre was a French painter, portraitist and designer (1675–1760). He was born at Sceaux and died at Paris.
Also recorded as Louis Silvestre the Younger; Louis, II Silvestre; Louis Sylvestre; Louis de, II Silvestre; Louis de, the younger Silvestre; Louis II Silvestre.
Louis de Silvestre in brief
- Born
- 1675
- Died
- 1760
- Known for
- painter, portraitist and designer
- Place of birth
- Sceaux
Contents
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Louis Silvestre the Younger, Louis, II Silvestre, Louis Sylvestre, Louis de, II Silvestre and Louis de, the younger Silvestre. His recorded language was French.
He was the child of Israel Silvestre and Henriette Sélincart. He married Marie-Catherine Silvestre. One child is recorded: Marie-Maximilienne de Silvestre.
Formation and teaching
Louis de Silvestre studied at Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. The record notes the qualification professor. He trained under Charles Le Brun and Bon Boullogne.
As a teacher, Louis de Silvestre is recorded in connection with Giovanni Battista Casanova. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Work and production
Works recorded as notable number 2: Portrait of Maria Josepha of Austria and Portrait of Augustus III of Poland. His recorded genres are history and portrait.
Catalogued works
49 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 839 to 1995.
Ceiling painting in the ballroom of the Brühl Palace in Dresden, dated 1876. Deckengemälde im Schlafzimmer König Augusts II. im Dresdner Residenzschloss, dated 1909, held by Dresden Castle. Paintings in Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon. Deckengemälde im Thronsaal König Augusts II. im Dresdner Residenzschloss, dated 1750, held by Dresden Castle. Portrait of Maria Josepha of Austria, dated 1750, held by Nationalmuseum, inventory NMGrh 1182. August II the Strong, 1670-1733, elector of Saxony, king of Poland, dated 1750, held by Nationalmuseum, inventory NMGrh 1280. Fredrik August II/August III (1696-1763), kurfurste av Sachsen, kung av Polen, g.m. Maria Josefa, ärkehertiginna av Österrike, dated 1750, held by Nationalmuseum, inventory NMGrh 1286. Portrait of Augustus III of Poland, dated 1700, held by Palace Museum in Wilanów, inventory Wil.1951. King August III in Polish costume by Louis de Silvestre, dated 1737, held by Palace Museum in Wilanów, inventory Wil.1153. Augustus II the Strong in Armour, dated 1718, held by Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, inventory Gal.-Nr. 3943. Portrait of Count Jørgen Scheel (1721-1786), dated 1737, held by Statens Museum for Kunst, inventory KMS3663. Portrait of Frederick Augustus of Saxony (1696-1763)., dated 839, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory 183199 MNW. Portrait of Katarzyna Barbara Branicka née Radziwiłł with a fan., dated 1728, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory 72523. Feast of nymphs and satyrs, dated 1720, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory M.Ob.2097. Maria Amalia de Saxony, dated 1738, held by Museo del Prado, inventory P002358. Portrait of Heinrich von Brühl in armor., dated 1730, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory M.Ob.379. Portrait of Michał Fryderyk Czartoryski., dated 1741, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory M.Ob.49. Portrait of Maria Anna of Kolowrat-Krakovský., dated 1742, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory M.Ob.2421. Portrait of Anna Orzelska in riding habit., dated 1725, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory M.Ob.378. Venus and Adonis, dated 1737, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory M.Ob.419. Portrait of Augustus II the Strong., dated 1736, held by Royal Castle in Warsaw, inventory ZKW-dep.FC/55/ab. Equestrian portrait of August II the Strong (1670-1733), dated 1718, held by Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, inventory Gal.-Nr. 768. King August II of Poland (1670-1733), dated 1723, held by Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, inventory Gal.-Nr. 3945. Porträt der Maria Josepha of Austria (1699-1757), Electress of Saxony and Queen of Poland, dated 1719, held by Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, inventory Gal.-Nr. 3952. Electress Maria Josepha von Sachsen (1699-1757), dated 1719, held by Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, inventory Gal.-Nr. 771. Christ with Mary and Martha, dated 1734, held by Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, inventory Gal.-Nr. 3937. Dismissal of Hagar, dated 1733, held by Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, inventory Gal.-Nr. 3936. Noli me tangere, dated 1735, held by Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, inventory Gal.-Nr. 3938. Portrait of August III the Saxon in Polish costume, dated 1737, held by Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, inventory Gal.-Nr. 3951. Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon, dated 1715, held by Palace of Versailles, inventory INV 7954 BIS. Thetis at the Forge of Vulcan, held by Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, inventory 1963.15.2. Perseus Rescuing Andromeda from the Sea Monster, dated 1719, held by Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, inventory 1963.15.1. Alexander and Diogenes, dated 1750, held by Hood Museum of Art, inventory P.993.6. Portrait of Augustus II the Saxon (1670–1733), held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory 128856 MNW. Portrait of Augustus III (1696–1763), held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory M.Ob.1312 MNW. Family of centaurs, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory M.Ob.2311 MNW. Centaurs fighting a leopard, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory M.Ob.2312 MNW. Portrait of August III the Saxon (1696-1763), dated 1733. Portrait of Heinrich von Brühl., dated 1737, held by Palace Museum in Wilanów, inventory Wil.1701. Portrait of Tomasz Antoni Zamoyski (1707-1752), dated 1800, held by Museum of Zamość. Między światem mitów i legend a współczesnością. Descartes : sa "Méthode" et ses erreurs en physiologie. [Suivi du texte original du "Discours de la méthode" et du discours premier des Météores, par Descartes] / [Louis Chauvois]., dated 1966, held by Wellcome Collection. Notes pour le Rapport sur les progrès de la physiologie / Claude Bernard ; manuscrit inédit présenté et commenté par M.D. Grmek ; préf. de J. Dausset., dated 1979, held by Wellcome Collection. Part of the Louvre which was built during the reign of Louis XIII, seen from the later Cour Carrée. Etching., dated 1650-1659, held by Wellcome Collection. La fisiología : origen histórico de una ciencia experimental / José Luis Barona Vilar., dated [1991], held by Wellcome Collection. L'École Liégeoise de physiologie et son maître Léon Fredericq (1851-1935), pionnier de la zoologie chimique / [Marcel Florkin]., dated [1979], held by Wellcome Collection. Essays in the history of the physiological sciences : proceedings of a symposium of the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health held at the University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, on March 26-27th, 1993 / edited by Claude Debru., dated 1995, held by Wellcome Collection. Philosophie et méthodologie scientifiques de Claude Bernard / par Étienne Wolff, Christian Fouchet, Bernardo A. Houssay, Georges Canguilhem ... [etc.] Colloque international orgranisé pour la célébration du centenaire de la publication de l'Introduction à l'étude de la médecine expérimentale de Claude Bernard, 1965., dated 1967, held by Wellcome Collection. Les concepts de Claude Bernard sur le milieu intérieur / par Roger Heim, Bernard Halpern, Yvon Bourges, Bengt Andersson ... [etc.] Colloque international organisé pour la célébration du centenaire de la publication de l'Introduction à l'étude de la médecine expérimentale de Claude Bernard, 1965., dated 1967, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 11 named public collections.
National Museum in Warsaw: 21 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden: 9 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Palace Museum in Wilanów: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Nationalmuseum: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. National Portrait Gallery of Sweden: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Palace of Versailles: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Musée de l'Histoire de France: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Dresden Castle: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Statens Museum for Kunst: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 195 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Silvestre, Louis de, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Silvestre, Louis, the Elder, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Silvestre, Louis, the Younger, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Silvestre du Perron, Louis François, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Silvestre, Louis C., Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens Online.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Louis de Silvestre studied at Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. training under Charles Le Brun and Bon Boullogne is recorded. Giovanni Battista Casanova is recorded as having studied under Louis de Silvestre. the recorded working language is French.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history and portrait.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Dresden. Employment is recorded with Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. Positions recorded include court painter.
Works named in the authority record are Portrait of Maria Josepha of Austria and Portrait of Augustus III of Poland.
Work by Louis de Silvestre is recorded in the collections of Museo del Prado, Nationalmuseum, Dresden Castle, Royal Castle in Warsaw and Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Arras.
Chronology
- 1675Louis de Silvestre born at Sceaux.
- 1750Deckengemälde im Thronsaal König Augusts II. im Dresdner Residenzschloss (Dresden Castle).
- 1750Portrait of Maria Josepha of Austria (Nationalmuseum).
- 1750August II the Strong, 1670-1733, elector of Saxony, king of Poland (Nationalmuseum).
- 1760Louis de Silvestre died at Paris.
- 1876Ceiling painting in the ballroom of the Brühl Palace in Dresden.
- 1909Deckengemälde im Schlafzimmer König Augusts II. im Dresdner Residenzschloss (Dresden Castle).
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Open Library author record for Louis de Silvestre (Internet Archive), 1 catalogued work.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
Consult the source - 2.
Silvestre du Perron, Louis François, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 3.
Silvestre, Louis C., Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens Online
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 4.
- 5.
Silvestre, Louis, the Elder, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 6.
Silvestre, Louis, the Younger, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 7.
Gemeinsame Normdatei 1210101718, Bildnis Louis de Silvestre (1675-1760, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden).
authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Consult the source - 8.
Internet Archive, 1 digitised item catalogued under Louis de Silvestre as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 9.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 195 works naming Louis de Silvestre.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 10.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q729087: Louis de Silvestre
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
Consult the source - 11.
“Louis de Silvestre”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source
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