Researching Israel Silvestre
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2 people with the Silvestre surname? In that year Silvestre was ranked number 3577 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Israel means "may God reign" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Israel Silvestre on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Israel Silvestre and the Silvestre Genealogy
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Silvestre Family History Databases
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Silvestre Forums
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Silvestre surname in the USA? Silvestre is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Silvestre Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Israel Silvestre. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Israel Silvestre
Israel Silvestre
Israel Silvestre (13 August 1621 in Nancy – 11 October 1691 in Paris), called the Younger to distinguish him from his father, was a prolific French draftsman, etcher and print dealer who specialized in topographical views and perspectives of famous buildings.
Orphaned at an early age, he was taken in by his uncle in Paris, Israel Henriet, an etcher and print-seller, and friend of Jacques Callot. Between 1630 and 1650 Silvestre travelled widely in France, Spain and Italy, which he visited three times, and later worked up his sketches as etchings, which were sold singly and in series. His work, especially of Venetian subjects published in the 1660s, influenced eighteenth-century painters of vedute such as Luca Carlevaris and Canaletto, who adapted his compositions.
In 1661 he inherited the stock of plates of his uncle, the printseller Israel Henriet, among which was a large part of the works of Callot, and many of those of Stefano della Bella. In 1662 he was appointed dessinateur et graveur du Roi and in 1673 he was appointed drawing-master to Louis, le Grand Dauphin. From 1668 he was granted workshop space in the galleries of the Louvre, where the practice of housing eminent artists and craftsmen was a tradition that was originated under Henri IV. Silvestre's atelier was large: he had at least two pupils who had separate careers as engravers, François Noblesse and Meunier. In 1670 Charles Le Brun recommended him for membership in the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. In 1675 his son, the artist Louis de Silvestre, was born at Sceaux.
At his death he left a large collection of drawings, more than a thousand engravings, and other works of art to his sons, whose own artistic tastes he had nurtured. The family collection was sold at auction in 1810.
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