Jacobus Albertus Michael Jacobs, known as Jacob Jacobs (19 May 1812,

Antwerp Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after ...

– 9 December 1879, Antwerp) was a Belgian landscape and seascape painter in the Romantic style, with a preference for northern and "

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" scenes.

Life

Jacob Jacobs - An animated view of Constantinople

On his mother's side of the family, he was related to

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

. Although his parents originally intended for him to become a printer, they eventually gave in to his wishes and he was enrolled at the

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,Biography in De levens en werken van Hollandse en Vlaamsche kunstschilders, Vol.1 by Johannes Immerzeel
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Gustaf Wappers Egide Charles Gustave, Baron Wappers (23 August 18036 December 1874) was a Belgian painter. His work is generally considered to be Flemish and he signed his work with the Dutch form of his name, Gustaaf Wappers.Note: The painter is known by one ...

and

Ferdinand de Braekeleer the Elder Ferdinand de Braekeleer (Antwerp, 12 February 1792 – Antwerp, 16 May 1883), sometimes spelled as Ferdinand de Braeckeleer, was a Flanders, Flemish painter and printmaker.

. He continued his studies in

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where he was influenced by the works of

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at the

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in 1834, and a final study trip through the Netherlands in 1837 produced much material. Still, he was dissatisfied with what he had seen so, in 1838, he left on a long sea voyage that would take him to

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, the North African coast, Egypt, the

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, Istanbul (where he remained for several months), Asiatic Turkey and

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. While in

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, he met and befriended his fellow Belgian painter, Florent Mols, and they continued travelling together; sailing down the

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as far as

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. During these travels, he compiled two huge albums of drawings and notes that he would use for inspiration the rest of his life. In 1847, still restless, he toured Northern Germany and, in 1850, Scandinavia. In 1843, he succeeded Jean-Baptiste De Jonghe as head of the landscape painting classes at the Antwerp Academy, where some of his best-known students were

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and

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. Two years later, he was one of the many Belgian artists who provided illustrations for the ''Geschiedenis van België'' (History of Belgium) by

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