Jacobus Buys, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Dutch painter
Date of Birth: 19-Nov-1724
Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Date of Death: 07-Apr-1801
Profession: painter
Nationality: Netherlands
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Jacobus Buys
- Jacobus Buys (19 November 1724 – 7 April 1801) was a Dutch painter and engraver. Buys was born in Amsterdam the son of a wig-maker.
- He studied under Cornelis Pronk, Jacob de Wit, and Cornelis Troost, and ultimately became director of the Amsterdam Drawing Academy.
- He painted portraits, bas-reliefs, and tapestry, designed book-illustrations, and made copies of the works of the best masters of the seventeenth century.
- Buys became a member of Amsterdam's Guild of St Luke in 1750, and died in 1801.
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