Louis de Silvestre

Louis de Silvestre
Portrait of Silvestre from 1753 by Académie member Maurice Quentin de La Tour
Born	23 June 1675 Sceaux or Paris, Kingdom of France
Died	April 11, 1760(1760-04-11) (aged 84) Paris, Kingdom of France
Spouse	Marie-Catherine Silvestre
Children	Marie-Maximilienne de Silvestre
Parents	Israel Silvestre (father) Henriette Sélincart (mother)
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.