Jacobus Buys (19 November 1724 – 7 April 1801) was a Dutch painter and
engraver.
Buys was born in
Amsterdam the son of a
wig-maker.
He studied under
Cornelis Pronk
Cornelis Pronk (10 December 1691 – 28 or 29 September 1759), also known as Cornelis Pronck, was a Dutch draughtsman, painter and porcelain designer. He is known particularly for his numerous drawings of cities, towns and buildings (so-call ...
,
Jacob de Wit, and
Cornelis Troost, and ultimately became director of the Amsterdam Drawing Academy. He painted portraits,
bas-reliefs, and
tapestry, designed book-illustrations, and made copies of the works of the best masters of the seventeenth century. Buys became a member of Amsterdam's Guild of St Luke in 1750,
and died in 1801.
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1724 births
1801 deaths
18th-century Dutch painters
18th-century Dutch male artists
Dutch male painters
Engravers from Amsterdam
Painters from Amsterdam
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