Louis de Silvestre | |
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 Portrait of Silvestre from 1753 by Académie member Maurice Quentin de La Tour | |
| Born | 23 June 1675 |
| Died | April 11, 1760 (aged 84) Paris, Kingdom of France |
| Spouse | Marie-Catherine Silvestre |
| Children | Marie-Maximilienne de Silvestre |
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| Director of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture | |
| In office 1752–1760 | |
| Monarch | Louis XV |
| Preceded by | Charles-Antoine Coypel |
| Succeeded by | Jean Restout |
Louis de Silvestre (23 June 1675 – 11 April 1760), also known as Louis de Silvestre the Younger, was a French portrait and history painter. He was court painter to King Augustus II of Poland, and director of the Royal Academy of Arts in Dresden. He is sometimes called "the Younger" to distinguish him from his older brother Louis Silvestre the Elder, drawing-master to the Dauphin.