Jacques Fouquier or Jacob Focquier (c.1591 - 1659) was a Flemish Baroque landscape painter.

Biography

He was registered in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1614.
In 1616-1619 he worked in Heidelberg

Heidelberg

-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...

, and in 1620 he traveled to Italy. He then traveled to France, where he worked as a court painter for Louis XIII there and in other French locations. His pupils were Philippe de Champaigne

Philippe de Champaigne

Philippe de Champaigne was a Flemish-born French Baroque era painter, a major exponent of the French school.-Early life:Born in Brussels of a poor family, Champaigne was a pupil of the landscape painter Jacques Fouquières...

, Matthieu van Plattenberg, and Etienne Rendu. He later died in Paris.