FOUQUIERES, JAMES, an eminent painter, was
born at Antwerp in 1580, and received his chief in-
structions from Velvet Breughel. He applied himself
to the study of landscapes, and went to Italy to improve
himself in colouring. He succeeded so happily, that
his works are said to be nearly equal to those of Titian.
—He was engaged and much caressed at the court of
the elector Palatine, and in France. By some miscon-
duct, however, he sunk into poverty, and died in 1659,
in the house of an inconsiderable painter. He had re-
sided for several years at Rome and Venice, where he
acquired that excellent style of colouring and design for
which his works have been distinguished.