18th century portraits of French women. Antoine Vestier, portraitist, mostly in minature. Living from 1740 to 1824, he studied in the atelier of Jean-Baptiste Pierre. A member of the  Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture.

Madame Hamon des Roches de Bournay. 1786. French. Antoine Vestier, artist. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via http://godsandfoolishgrandeur.blogspot.com/2022/02/randomly-xxiii.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Portrait of a Lady with a Book, Next to a River Source. ca. 1785. French. Oil on canvas. Collections of the São Paulo Museum of Art, São Paulo, Brazil. Art work in the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antoine_vestier_-_retrato_de_dama_com_livro.jpg
The Artist’s Daughter, Marie-Nicole Vestier. 1785. French. Oil on canvas. Collections of and image © National Galleries of Scotland. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via http://www.artuk.org/artworks/the-artists-daughter-marie-nicole-vestier-210816

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