Born in Paris, Silvestre was the daughter of Charles-Antoine Hérault and his wife Marie-Geneviève, who were her first teachers.
In 1706 she married the painter Louis de Silvestre, moving with him in 1716 to Dresden.
Silvestre died in Dresden, the year before her husband retired and returned to Paris.
Her surviving pastels show the influence of Rosalba Carriera.
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