Joseph Denis Odevaere

While there, he was one of a large group of artists chosen to provide decorations for Napoleon's visit at the Palazzo del Quirinale although, as it turned out, he never produced more than sketches.

An exhibition in Ghent two years later led to his appointment as court painter to King William I of the Netherlands in 1815.

In this position, he began a campaign for the return of several major art works that had been looted from Bruges by the French Army; including pieces by Michelangelo, Jan van Eyck, Hans Memling, and Gerard David.

[1] From 1825 to 1829, he painted several works in support of the Greek War of Independence and styled himself "Joseph Dionysius Odevaere".

After his death, in 1835, she married Joseph Van der Linden [nl], Secretary of the Provisional Government of Belgium.