About Jacob Levecq
Lived 1634 – 1675 (aged 40). Jacob Levecq was a Dutch painter.
Jacob Levecq (1634–1675), né Jacques L'Evesque, who signed his name J. Leveck or J. L., and was also referred to as Jakob Lavecq, Jacobus Levecq, Jacobus L'Evesque, and Jacobus Lavecq, was a Dutch Golden Age painter trained by Rembrandt.
In his younger years Levecq travelled to Paris and Sedan where he painted portraits and on his return to Dordrecht became a portrait painter in the manner of Jan de Baen. When he died, Houbraken inherited a third of his prints, but regretted the fact that as a young man with little experience in such matters, he only chose prints by Lucas van Leyden and Albrecht Dürer, and had left the French prints for others, and so was very glad that he had received one anyway by Charles le Brun.
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Who was Jacob Levecq?
painter from the Northern Netherlands (1634-1675)
When was Jacob Levecq born?
Jacob Levecq was born on 1 October 1634 in Dordrecht.
When did Jacob Levecq die?
Jacob Levecq died on 1 August 1675 in Dordrecht.
What was Jacob Levecq's occupation?
Jacob Levecq was a painter.
What nationality was Jacob Levecq?
Jacob Levecq was Dutch.
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