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FRENCH SCHOOL circa 1700, attributed to Louis de Silvestre L…
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FRENCH SCHOOL circa 1700, attributed to Louis de Silvestre L…
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,500 - €4,000
Voluntary lot
Description
FRENCH SCHOOL circa 1700, attributed to Louis de Silvestre Le Jeune (1675-1760)
Presumed portrait of Antoine Coypel (1661-1722) in his studio
Oil on canvas.
H_52 cm W_45 cm
Faded.
Provenance :
- Carter Collection (Christie's Melbourne sale, 20 March 2001, as "école
French school")
Son of Israël Silvestre and Henriette Sélincart, Louis Silvestre le Jeune came from a dynasty of artists
from a dynasty of artists in which he was the only history painter. He
He learnt to draw in his father's studio before becoming a pupil of
Charles Le Brun and Bon Boullogne. From 1693 to 1699, he travelled to Italy
Italy where he met Carlo Maratta. On his return to Paris in 1702, he was admitted to the
Académie Royale - of which Antoine Coypel had been a member since 1681 - and completed
commissions for Louis XIV. He also undertook several works for
Parisian churches, exhibited at the Salon and painted a number of portraits.
When he married Marie-Catherine Hérault, daughter of the painter Charles Hérault, the
Prince Philippe d'Orléans and Princess Marie-Anne de Bourbon were among the signatories of the
were among the signatories to the contract.
In 1716, he left for the court of the King of Poland, August II, who made him his
his first painter. During his stay, which lasted no less than 32 years, he was
director of the Dresden Academy and played a part in the spread of French taste
taste across the Rhine. One of his daughters even became an art teacher,
friend and confidante of Marie-Josèphe of Saxony. In 1741, Louis Silvestre
was ennobled by Augustus III and added a particle to his name.
At the end of the 1740s, he returned to France and became director of the Académie Royale
the death of Charles Antoine Coypel. He died in the galleries of the Louvre in
1760.
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