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Joseph-François Ducq

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Baron Charles-Louis de Keverberg de Kessel, 1818, now in the Groeningemuseum in Bruges

Joseph-François Ducq, a Flemish historical and portrait painter, was born at Ledeghem in 1763. He studied at Bruges, and then under Suvée in Paris, where he obtained the second grand prize in 1800, and a medal in 1810. He also spent a considerable time in Italy, but returned to Bruges in 1815, and became a professor in the Academy. He died at Bruges in 1829. Amongst his chief works are:

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainBryan, Michael (1886). "Ducq, Josephus Franciscus". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.