Paul Jozef de Cock (1724-1801)

• Was a Flemish architect and painter.
• He was the son of Philippe de Cock and Thérèse Cambier.
• He began his art studies at the age of nine, at the Academie voor Schone Kunsten Brugge, under the tutelage of Matthijs de Visch.
• In 1740, he was awarded a second prize for drawing and, in 1741, first prize for all subjects combined.
• From 1748 to 1749, he lived in Paris and Valenciennes.
• He produced more than 1200 works, but he always earned his living primarily as an architect and builder.
• Around 1750 he became an architectural instructor at the Brugse Academie.
• From 1775 until his death, he served as its Director.
• The Displayed painging is a crop from: Joseph-Benoît Suvée, Portrait of Paul Josef de Cock, 1779. 
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