Jacques Édouard Quecq, a

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historical painter, born at

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in 1796, and died in 1874. He was a pupil of Steuben. Among his works are: *''First Combat of

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and Remus'', 1827 *''Death of

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'', 1831 *''Death of

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'', 1833 *''After the Shipwreck'', 1834 *''Saint Waast'', 1838 *''

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'', 1836 *''San

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during the Plague at

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'', 1840 *''San Carlo Borromeo Administering the

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'', 1842 *''

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'', 1846 *''Lais and Diogenes'', 1850 *''Christ Fainting Under the Cross'', 1861 *''Portrait of

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