Franciscus Joseph Octave van der Donckt

Franciscus Joseph Octave van der Donckt (30 June 1757, Aalst - 16 August 1813, Bruges) was a Flemish portrait painter, miniaturist and pastellist.

[2] He continued to be interested in art, however, and eventually moved to Paris, where he made the acquaintance of Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans and was allowed to copy paintings in his collection.

He then travelled through Italy and returned to Bruges in 1791, becoming Director of the Academie voor Schone Kunsten [nl].

His most familiar works are a self-portrait and one of his niece, Sylvie de la Rue, who married the painter Joseph Denis Odevaere.

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