François-Joseph Navez
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François-Joseph Navez (Charleroi, 1787 - Brussels, 1869) was a Belgian neo-classical painter.
A pupil of Jacques-Louis David, he spent five years in Italy between 1817 and 1822.
He was a very successful portrait painter. He also painted many mythological and historic subjects.
The orientalist painter Jean-François Portaels was his pupil (and son-in-law).
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Main works
- 1816 : Sainte Véronique de Milan, Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent.
- 1816 : La Famille de Hemptinne, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium.Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent
- 1819 : Scène de musique, Museum of Grenoble.
- 1821 : Scène de brigands, Private collection.
- 1829 : La Nymphe Salmacis et Hermaphrodite, Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent.
- 1830 : Songe d'Athalie, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1831 : Portrait d'un jeune homme songeur
- 1832 : Portrait of Theodore-Joseph Jonet and his two daughters, Groeningemuseum, Bruges.
- 1836 : Portrait de David, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
- 1844 : Notre-Dame des Affligés, Chiesa di S. Antonio, a Charleroi.
- Trois Dames de Gand, Louvre, Paris.
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