. Dictionary of painters and engravers. hing byhim of the Adoration of the Kings. Many writersstate that this artist was the father of Jan LeDucq, but this is extremely doubtful, as well byreason of the variation in the name, as by the factthat Jan Lo Ducq is known to have been born atHaarlem in 1636, whereas Jacob Duck residedconstantly at Utrecht from 1626 to 1646. DUCOHNET, Louis C£sar Joseph, a French his-torical painter, was born of poor parentage at Lille,in 1806. He was deformed from his birth, havingneither arms nor thighs, and only four toes to hisright foot. While still a child, he u
. Dictionary of painters and engravers. hing byhim of the Adoration of the Kings. Many writersstate that this artist was the father of Jan LeDucq, but this is extremely doubtful, as well byreason of the variation in the name, as by the factthat Jan Lo Ducq is known to have been born atHaarlem in 1636, whereas Jacob Duck residedconstantly at Utrecht from 1626 to 1646. DUCOHNET, Louis C£sar Joseph, a French his-torical painter, was born of poor parentage at Lille,in 1806. He was deformed from his birth, havingneither arms nor thighs, and only four toes to hisright foot. While still a child, he used to pick uppieces of charcoal from the floor with his toes, andmade rough sketches on the wall, which evinced somuch promise that he received some local in-struction. By the help of the municipality ofLille, he was sent to Iaris, studied under Lethierearid Gerard, and for a time received a pension. Hodied in Paris in 1856. His chief pictures are : IAINTKUS AND lUiGUAVICitK ItclamtuMW 1 ^?* ? •?!<, ItlU.) niter, I ll»r Tho. Hi:! olc mi |.l»t>I ( . l,4>r ht>rl. 1,1 i:.cl«. WiUiuBL,Ci>« l>vr\\\ Ulrt (Brmft jlcmdtmf.) (lortrait painter,. .i7. lie en{^«v«l liis ownlit chtneterg, wliicb wereinluti ui 1791, but be died in Paris 1 oil in U. and i? of Sicily and made during bit o are uf large diinentlout lei 1 •*?, H br «!- ~ : 16-:. :. J., .r, --.,;? : !??•.? ? •• !? fl. -. He engraved a -v» .f ..• !artit. : E, a Swiss landecape painter in vim. and an etiprsver, was bom ^ueat Rome, He II. J . .11 * . ^ Mjr- t \\ JiK II Ue died at Lausanne in! VON, is said to have i .li!i,,.K ;,t l^.,tti!|jTpj], .11 tlie • ^ from die las«iOD, and is ?\ engraver, was«ns a pupil of ll l\ jLsop, published iniraiu: cly miilj iJie graver, u a sUtf, D. , (or ively from wcxe uatiTe« uf ?1 IL 1flllil, n Km> r . riv \ s FakCft. ??«.il
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