Louis de Silvestre

Louis de Silvestre
Portrait of Silvestre from 1753 by Académie member Maurice Quentin de La Tour
Born23 June 1675
DiedApril 11, 1760(1760-04-11) (aged 84)
Paris, Kingdom of France
SpouseMarie-Catherine Silvestre
ChildrenMarie-Maximilienne de Silvestre
Parents
Director of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture
In office
1752–1760
MonarchLouis XV
Preceded byCharles-Antoine Coypel
Succeeded byJean 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.