Johannes Baptista van Acker explained

Johannes Baptista van Acker
Birth Name:Johannes Baptista van Acker
Birth Date:ca. 1794
Birth Place:Bruges, Belgium
Death Date:ca. 1863
Death Place:Bruges, Belgium
Occupation:Painter

Johannes Baptista van Acker (1794–1863) was a Flemish painter.

Van Acker was born at Bruges. He studied under Ducq, and soon became popular as a miniature-painter. In 1834 he went to Paris, and was there acknowledged as one of the best artists of his class. After his return to Bruges, he was called by King Leopold to Brussels, and painted numerous miniatures of the royal family and personages of the court. After a journey to England, Van Acker returned to Bruges, where he died, in 1863.