Frans Xaver Hendrick Verbeeck
Flemish, 1686-1755
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François Xaver Henri Verbeeck or Frans Verbeeck was a Flemish painter known mainly for his genre scenes and paintings of merry and gallant companies.
Details about the life of François Xaver Henri Verbeeck are scarce. He was baptized in Antwerp on 21 February 1686 as the son of Alexander Verbeeck and Anna de Goos. His father died young. His mother and stepfather Michiel Mettepenningen let him start his artistic training as a pupil of Jan Baptist de Bie on 24 March 1701. He became a master in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1709-1710. He was dean of the Painter's Chamber of the Guild of Saint Luke in 1725-1726, 1733-1734 and 1746-1747.
He married Maria Catharina Casteels on 5 August 1719. The couple had two sons and two daughters. Two of his daughters were painters. One of his brothers was appointed titular bishop by the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and was also a sculptor.
He was active in Antwerp between 1710 and 1755.
