Eduard Wallays

His father, Petrus Wallays (1764–1815), managed the grocery store at the Grote Markt in Bruges.

His mother, Francisca Dupont, was originally from Kortrijk.

From 1835 to 1839, he lived in Paris, studying with Albert Gregorius and Antoine-Jean Gros, among others.

The year following her death, he married her sister, Anne-Marie.

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