Schenau copied the works of the old masters such as Antonio da Correggio, Guido Reni and Titian, and acquired the patronage of the Saxon ambassador, General Fontenay.
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After the death of Charles François Hutin, in 1776, he was made, together with Giovanni Battista Casanova, alternate director of the Academy and on Casanova's death in 1795, the sole director.
Amongst Silvestre's students was the painter Jean-Eleazar Schenau, who later became director of the Dresden Academy and of the Meissen porcelain factory.
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