Antoine Vestier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Antoine Vestier

French painter

Date of Birth: 28-Apr-1740

Place of Birth: Avallon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Date of Death: 24-Dec-1824

Profession: painter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Antoine Vestier

  • Antoine Vestier (1740–1824) was a French miniaturist and painter of portraits, born at Avallon in Burgundy, who trained in the atelier of Jean-Baptiste Pierre.
  • He showed his work at the Salon de la Correspondance, Paris, before being admitted (agréé) to the AcadĂ©mie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1785, when a portrait of the painter Gabriel François Doyen, was his morceau de rĂ©ception. Among his sitters was the royal cabinet-maker, Jean Henri Riesener (1786, MusĂ©e de Versailles). Further portraits include The Chevalier de Latude, 1789 (Paris, musĂ©e Carnavalet) Nicolas-Guy Brenet, painter, 1786 (Paris, musĂ©e du Louvre) Jean Thurel, fusilier, 1788; this aged veteran wears three medals, witness to his seventy-two years of service (Tours, musĂ©e des Beaux-Arts) A Chevalier of Malta holding the portrait of the Bailli de Hautefeuille, commander of the Order, 1788 (Dijon, musĂ©e des beaux-arts). François-Joseph Gossec, unknown date.Vestier was the father of portraitist Marie-Nicole Vestier, wife of miniaturist François Dumont.

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