François Joseph Navez

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Place: Charleroi

Born: 1787

Death: 1869

Biography:

François-Joseph Navez (Charleroi, 16 November 1787 – Brussels, 12 October 1869) was a Belgian neo-classical painter. François-Joseph Navez was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David, he spent five years in Italy between 1817 and 1822. Between 1835 and 1862 he was the director of the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. He was a very successful portr...

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