François Xaver Henri Verbeeck (1686 – 1755),

• Was a Flemish painter.
• He is known for his genre scenes and paintings of merry and gallant companies.
• He was baptized in Antwerp on 21 February 1686.
• His parents were Alexander Verbeeck and Anna de Goos.
• His father died young.
• His mother and stepfather Michiel Mettepenningen let him start his artistic training as a pupil of Jan Baptist de Bie in 1701.
• He became a master in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1709-1710.
• He was dean of the Painter's Chamber of the Guild of Saint Luke in 1725-1726, 1733-1734 and 1746-1747.
• He married Maria Catharina Casteels on 5 August 1719.
• The couple had two sons and two daughters.
• Two of his daughters were painters.
• One of his brothers was appointed titular bishop by the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and was also a sculptor.
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