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Broekaert, Léopold
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Zottegem, 1833 - Grammont, 1871
Activity
1855 - 1862 / Sottegem
° 11.6.1833; + 13.5.1871. Sometimes transcribed "Broeckaert". Engraver - lithographer. First permanent studio photographer in Sottegem and subsequently Grammont. He called on his customers at home to make photographic portraits. "Photographic portraits on glass, on paper, and on metal plates" (Le Bien Public, 27.1.1855 to 17.6.1855), which points to him operating initially as a daguerreotypist.
1858 * Renaix, Rue du Poivre (on Mr. A. Couvreur's premises)
It was reported on 24.10.1858 that Broekaert had been staying in Renaix for about 8 days and had photographed a very large ox named "Leviathan" there. He reportedly photographed on metal plates, glass and paper and offered "photographic portraits from 5 to 30 francs" (La Renaisienne, 24.10.1858).
1862 * - 1871 + Grammont
Also lithographer and printer at this location. CVs signed Broekaert - Mehauden.
° 11.6.1833; + 13.5.1871. Sometimes transcribed "Broeckaert". Engraver - lithographer. First permanent studio photographer in Sottegem and subsequently Grammont. He called on his customers at home to make photographic portraits. "Photographic portraits on glass, on paper, and on metal plates" (Le Bien Public, 27.1.1855 to 17.6.1855), which points to him operating initially as a daguerreotypist.
1858 * Renaix, Rue du Poivre (on Mr. A. Couvreur's premises)
It was reported on 24.10.1858 that Broekaert had been staying in Renaix for about 8 days and had photographed a very large ox named "Leviathan" there. He reportedly photographed on metal plates, glass and paper and offered "photographic portraits from 5 to 30 francs" (La Renaisienne, 24.10.1858).
1862 * - 1871 + Grammont
Also lithographer and printer at this location. CVs signed Broekaert - Mehauden.
Locations
1855 - 1862 / Sottegem
1858 * Renaix, Rue du Poivre (on Mr. A. Couvreur's premises)
1862 * - 1871 + Grammont
1858 * Renaix, Rue du Poivre (on Mr. A. Couvreur's premises)
1862 * - 1871 + Grammont
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Bibliography/Webography
DE RO, Jacques. "'Portretten in photographie of lichtteekeningen' - Leopold Broekaert, de eerste portretfotograaf van Geraardsbergen", Gerardimontium, no. 289, January-February 2020, pp. 32-36.
Context
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Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#482
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 6.2.2017 & 16.11.2018; SFJ revised 8.2.2023; MD revised 5.1.2023 & 26.5.2025