Marie-Catherine Silvestre
Marie-Catherine Silvestre was born in Paris, Silvestre was the daughter of Charles-Antoine Hérault and his wife Marie-Geneviève, who were her first teachers. In 1706 she married the painter Louis de Silvestre, moving with him in 1716 to Dresden. The couple's daughter Marie-Maximilienne became a pastellist.
Also recorded as Marie-Catherine Hérault · Marie Catherine de Silvestre · Marie Catherine Silvestre
Marie-Catherine Silvestre
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- Marie-Catherine Hérault.
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- 1680. · Paris.
- Died
- 1743. · Dresden.
- Occupation
- painter.
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Marie-Catherine Silvestre was born in Paris, Silvestre was the daughter of Charles-Antoine Hérault and his wife Marie-Geneviève, who were her first teachers. In 1706 she married the painter Louis de Silvestre, moving with him in 1716 to Dresden. The couple's daughter Marie-Maximilienne became a pastellist.
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Recorded at birth as Marie-Catherine Hérault. Also worked under the name Marie-Catherine Hérault. Born at Paris in 1680, died in Dresden in 1743.
Marie-Catherine Silvestre (1680–1743) was a painter.
Portrait of a Princess, thought to be Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724-1760), later Queen of Naples and Spain
Marie-Catherine Silvestre · Palazzo Reale, Naples
Portrait of Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland (1733-1796), son of Augustus III of Poland (1696-1763).
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