Estelle de Barescut (c. 1815 â c. 1852) was a French painter and lithographer. She exhibited her lithographs at the Salon de Paris in 1834 and 1835, and her paintings from 1842 to 1851.
Biography
She was born Estelle-Félicité-Marie de Barescut (or de Barescut de Vernet). Sources differ on her place of birth, with some citing Versailles and others saying Paris.
She was a student of the ÃÂcole royale et gratuite de dessin pour les jeunes personnes de Paris in the 1820s, where in October 1829 she won a 2nd prize in drawing. She was later a student of Horace Vernet.
Works
Painting
Exhibited at the Salons
- Portraits en pied des filles de Mme..., Salon of 1842
- Portrait de Mlle..., Salon of 1842
- Portrait de de Mme d'..., Salon of 1843
- Tête de jeune fille, étude, Salon of 1843 (No. 36)
- Une jeune châtelaine ; costume du moyen-âge, Salon of 1844 (No. 66)
- Portraits des enfants de M. Davaux-Poirier, Salon of 1846 (No. 78)
- Une lecture chez Anne d'Autriche, after Les Trois Mousquetaires of Alexandre Dumas, Salon of 1848 (No. 194)
- Petite paysanne àla maraude, étude, Salon of 1848 (No. 195)
- La Promenade, Salon of 1848 (No. 196)
- La Fille du braconnier, Salon of 1848 (No. 197)
- Tête de jeune fille, pastel, Salon of 1848 (No. 198)
- Portrait en pied de Mme Lacomb, née Louise Courvoisier Salon of 1850
Others
- Portrait de femme, undated, oil on canvas, Autun, musée Rolin, 985.12.2
- Portrait d'homme, undated, oil on canvas, musée Rolin, 985.12.3
- Sujet militaire, after Horace Vernet, undated, watercolour, former collection of François Depeaux
Lithography
- Famille d'Ischia (Ile du Royaume de Naples), after Alexandre-Marie Colin, before 1830
- Les Petites Pêcheuses de Dunkerque, 1833
- La Couronne de bluets (or bleuets), 1833, after Philippon, lithograph printed by Delaunois for Chaillou
- L'Anxiété maternelle, Salon of 1834, After the work of the same name by Aimable Le Bot presented at the 1833 Salon, lithograph printed by Gihaut frères
- Album de six sujets peints par Mme Collin et Franquelin, 1834, lithographed album printed by Delaunois for Morlot; after Franquelin : Une Châtelaine infidèle, Une Scène de famille et La Catalanne [sic] àla fontaine; d'après Mme Collin : La Marchande alsacienne, Une scène de bal masqué and La leçon de chant. La Catalane àla fontaine and La Marchande alsacienne were presented at the 1834 Salon
- Six vues de Paris, lithographic album, Desesserts, 1834 : Notre Dame, Colonnade du Louvre, Château des Tuileries, St Germain L'Auxerrois, Hôtel de ville, Bourse et tribunal de commerce
- Eglise de la Madeleine, after Wnartz, printed by Delaunois for Desesserts, 1834
- Portrait d'enfant, Delannois, 1834
- La Veuve et le scellé, Salon of 1835;
Collections
Her work is included in the Wellcome Collection, the Musée Carnavalet, Paris and the Musée Rolin.
References