Jacob van Oost the Younger
Illustration — St Macarius of Ghent Giving Aid to the Plague Victims, 1676 Jacob van Oost the Younger (1639–1713 in Bruges), was a Flemish Baroque painter. According to the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, he was a pupil of his father Jacob sr. And brother to the painter Willem van Oost.
Also recorded as Jacques Van, II Oost · Jacob van, the Younger Oost · the younger Jacob van Oost · Jacob Oost
Jacob van Oost the Younger

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- Born
- 1639 · Bruges.
- Died
- 1713 · Bruges.
- Nationality
- Habsburg Netherlands
- Occupation
- painter
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Illustration — St Macarius of Ghent Giving Aid to the Plague Victims, 1676 Jacob van Oost the Younger (1639–1713 in Bruges), was a Flemish Baroque painter. According to the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, he was a pupil of his father Jacob sr. And brother to the painter Willem van Oost.
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On origins, the institutional record states the following. Younger died in 1713 at Bruges. Institutional cataloguing adds that jacob van Oost the Younger was born in 1639 at Bruges.

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