Antoine Vestier

Antoine Vestier (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan vɛstje]; 1740 – 24 December 1824)[1] 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 Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1785, when a portrait of the painter Gabriel François Doyen, was his morceau de réception.

Among his sitters was the royal cabinet-maker, Jean Henri Riesener (1786, Musée de Versailles).

Further portraits include Vestier was the father of portraitist Marie-Nicole Vestier, wife of miniaturist François Dumont.

This article about a French painter born in the 18th century is a stub.

Self portrait, 1785
Portrait of a Lady with a Book, Next to a River, 1785, São Paulo Museum of Art .