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Louis Fabricius Dubourg or Louis Fabritius du Bourg was an historical and academic painter of

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landscapes, and an engraver.

Life

His parents Jean du Bourg(h) and Elisabeth Burlamacchi married in 1681. ''Louis Fabrice'' was baptized on 5 July 1693 in the Walloon church. He was a pupil of Gerard de Lairesse, Gerrit Rademaker (1672-1711) and

Jacob van Huysum Jacob van Huysum (1688 – 1740) was an 18th-century botanical painter from the northern Netherlands who moved to England in 1721. Van Huysum was baptized 25 February 1688 in Amsterdam.sexton of a small wooden church on Kerkstraat. Around 1726 he was practising foreshortening and may have been a member of an academy; he produced a lot of nude (art) during his life. When he married Eva de Kaarsgieter in 1729 he cooperated with Bernard Picart. After producing several beautiful pictures, some of which may be seen at the Westerkerk, the New Church and town hall of Amsterdam, he exchanged the brush for the graver, and executed some

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and other small compositions, and also etched a number of plates from his own designs. He cooperated with members of the

Stadstekenacademie, Amsterdam The Stadstekenacademie ("City Drawing Academy", contemporaneous spelling: ''Stads Teekenacademie'', ''Teeken-Academie'' or ''Akademie der Teekenkunst'') was an 18th-century art academy in Amsterdam. It was the precursor of the ''Koninklijke Academ ...

, as

Jacob Folkema Jacob Folkema (18 August 1692 – 3 February 1767), a Dutch designer and engraver, was born and died at Dokkum, in Friesland. He was first instructed by his father, Johann Jakob Folkema, a goldsmith, and studied afterwards under B. Picart at Amster ...

, François Morellon, Cornelis Troost, Simon Fokke, Michiel Elgersma and

Pieter Tanjé Pieter Tanjé (1706–1761) was an 18th-century engraver from the Northern Netherlands. Biography Tanjé was born in Bolsward. According to the RKD he was a shipmate for the shipping service between Bolsward and Amsterdam who engraved designs ...

, engravers. He was buried on 22 September 1775 the

Amstelkerk The Amstelkerk ( en, Amstel Church) is a Reformed church building in central Amsterdam, Netherlands. It lies in the southern part of the Grachtengordel neighborhood, near the Amstel River, between the Prinsengracht, Reguliersgracht and Keizersgr ...

, where he had lived most of his life.Maandelijkse Nederlandsche Mercurius, Volume 22, p. 26
/ref> His collection of pictures and drawings was sold at an auction in 1776.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dubourg, Louis Fabricius 18th-century Dutch painters 18th-century Dutch male artists Dutch male painters 1693 births 1775 deaths Painters from Amsterdam