Maria Jacoba Ommeganck (1760 – 16 December 1849) was a Flemish neoclassicistic

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, specializing in pictures with

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. Ommeganck was born in Antwerp in 1760 and baptized on 14 August of that year. She was a daughter of Paul and Barbara Ommeganck Laenen and sister of painter Balthasar-Paul Ommeganck (1755-1826). In May 1786 she married painter Hendrik Arnold Myin (1760-1826). Maria Jacoba Ommeganck died in Antwerp on 16 December 1849 . Maria Jacoba Ommeganck, probably pupil of her famous brother, practiced painting as fine art dilettante. In 1788 she was co-founder of the Antwerp artist group Konstmaetschappije "tot Nut, Baet en Dienst”, together with her brother,

Hendrik Frans de Cort Hendrik de Cort or Hendrik Frans de Cort (1742 in Antwerp – 28 June 1810 in London) was a Flemish landscape painter and draughtsman. His international career brought him to Antwerp, Paris, England and Wales. He is mainly remembered for his to ...

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Mattheus Ignatius van Bree Mattheus Ignatius van Bree (Antwerp, 1773 – Antwerp, 1839) was a Belgian painter. He was one of the founders of the historical school of painting in Belgium and played an important role as a teacher in the development of 19th-century Belgian a ...

and

Marten Waefelaerts Marten Waefelaerts (1748 - 1799) was a Flemish 18th century landscape painter. He was probably born in Antwerp, but little is known about his early years. He worked in the years 1790–1800. In 1792, he exhibited three landscapes in Ghent. In 179 ...

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Painting by Maria-Jacoba Ommeganck
Flemish landscape painters Flemish women painters Painters from Antwerp 1760 births 1849 deaths {{Flemish-painter-stub

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