(1740 - 1824) 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 to the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1785, when a portrait of the painter Gabriel-François Doyen, pwas his morceau de reception.
Among his sitters was the royal beniste, Jean-Henri Riesener (1786, Musee de Versailles).
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Portrait of Johann Heinrich Riesener new24/Antoine Vestier-675773.jpg Måleriet identifieringen:: 83132
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1785(1785)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 95 x 76 cm (37.4 x 29.9 in)
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