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Franciscus Xaverius (Frans) Xavery (baptized 15 January 1740, in Xavery, Franciscus Xaverius
in the RKD databases.
Franciscus Xaverius (Frans) Xavery (baptized 15 January 1740, in The Hague
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– c. 1788), was a Dutch painter, and the son of Jan Baptist Xavery. Frans became a member of the Pictura Society at The Hague
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in 1768, practised for some time in that city, and later in Amsterdam
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and Rotterdam
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. He studied first under his uncle Gerard Joseph
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, and afterwards under Jacob de Wit
Jacob de Wit (19 December 1695 – 12 November 1754) was a Dutch artist and interior decorator who painted many religious scenes.
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Jacob de Wit was born in Amsterdam, and became famous for his door and ceiling paintings. He lived on ...
. His brother Jacob
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was also a painter. His last known dated painting is one in a series on the castle of Turnhout
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from 1788.in the RKD databases.
References
1740 births Year of death missing 18th-century Dutch painters 18th-century Dutch male artists Artists from The Hague Dutch landscape painters Dutch male painters {{Netherlands-painter-stub