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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 10 March 1810, 10 February 1810, 10 May 1810
- Died
- 20 November 1887
- Place of birth
- Tournai
- Place of death
- Schaerbeek
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Louis
- Genre
- portrait
- Occupation
- painter, printmaker, watercolorist, draftsperson
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Native language
- French
- Awards
- Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- artist files at
- Frick Art Research Library
- described by source
- Nordisk familjebok, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Paintings of the nineteenth century: contribution to the history of art, Albert Edelfelt's letters, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Catholic Encyclopedia
- end of work period
- 1887
- has works in the collection
- Städel Museum, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK), Amsterdam Museum, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai, Hermitage Museum, Walters Art Museum, National Museum in Warsaw, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Brooklyn Museum
- influenced by
- Peter Paul Rubens, Jusepe de Ribera, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
- languages spoken, written or signed
- French
- member of
- Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Académie des beaux-arts
- notable work
- De Avond (le soir), Verlaten (l'abandon), Abdication of Charles V by Louis Gallait, The Last Honors to Counts Egmont and Hoorne, Jeanne la Folle, Fisherman's Family
- place of burial
- Tournai
- sponsor
- Louis-Philippe I
- start of work period
- 1825
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