18 Works, Today, February 22nd. is artist Antoine Joseph Wiertz’ day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #053

Antoine Joseph Wiertz (22 February 1806–18 June 1865) was a Belgian romantic painter and sculptor.

Born in Dinant from a relatively poor family, he entered the Antwerp art academy in 1820. Thanks to his protector Pierre-Joseph de Paul de Maibe, a member of the Second Chamber of the States-General, king William I of the Netherlands awarded an annual stipend to Wiertz from 1821 onwards. Between November 1829 and May 1832, he stayed in Paris, where he studied the old masters at the Louvre…

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