Hubertus “Hubert” De Cock (4 June 1733 – 12 July 1810) was a Dutch

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who lived and worked in

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Biograohy

De Cock was born in

as the son of Philippe De Cock and Thérèse Cambier, and the brother of painter and

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Paul de Cock. He studied at the Bruges Academy of Fine Arts from the age of nine, where he studied painting under the direction of

Matthias de Visch Matthias de Visch or Matthijs de Visch (22 March 1701 in Reninge – 23 April 1765 in Bruges) was a Flemish painter of history paintings and portraits.bas-relief Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material. The term ''relief'' is from the Latin verb , to raise (). To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that th ...

sculptures and copied paintings.P. Ledoulx, ''Bruges Artists of the Past'', Bruges, 1934-35''Lexicon van de West-Vlaamse beeldende kunstenaars'', Volume 4, Bruges, 1995 As a painter, he had a strong sense of

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, worked meticulously, and was known for his refinement. One example of his work can be found in the protected house "De Helm" at Ezelstraat 10-12, an impressive Neoclassical building in the city center of Bruges. The house contains a

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decorated with idyllic

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paintings by Hubertus De Cock. He also created designs for

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for

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s. For around twenty years, De Cock ran his own drawing school. After his marriage, he and his wife ran a wool trade as well as a business selling prints and paintings.

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De Cock
at vlaamsekunstcollectie.be {{DEFAULTSORT:Cock, Hubert de People from Bruges 18th-century Dutch painters Belgian people (before 1830) 1733 births 1810 deaths