Estelle De Barescut

Estelle de Barescut (c. 1815 – 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 École 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 à la 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 icà la fontaine''; d'après Mme Collin : ''La Marchande alsacienne'', ''Une scène de bal masqué'' and ''La leçon de chant''. ''La Catalane à la 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

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19th-century French women artists
19th-century French painters
19th-century French lithographers
French engravers
Women lithographers
19th-century women painters