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.

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 [sic] à 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.