The Artist's Daughter, Marie-Nicole Vestier

Vestier's use of chiaroscuro creates a sense of depth and dimensionality, while his attention to detail and manipulation of light and shadow evoke a sense of intimacy and contemplation.

Antoine Vestier, a French portrait painter and miniaturist, was trained under Jean-Baptiste Pierre and became an agréé of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1785.