Marie-Catherine Silvestre
Marie-Catherine Silvestre, born Marie-Catherine Hérault (1680–1743) was a French painter.
Born in Paris, Silvestre was the daughter of 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. Silvestre died in Dresden, the year before her husband retired and returned to Paris. Her surviving pastels show the influence of Rosalba Carriera.[1]
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- 1680 births
- 1743 deaths
- French women painters
- 18th-century French painters
- 18th-century French women artists
- Artists from Paris
- Artists from Dresden
- Pastel artists
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