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Verstraeten, François
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Brussels, 1877 - Brussels, 1933
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1901 * - 1933 + Bruxelles
° 8.9.1877; + 28.9.1933. Head of the photography service at the "Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire" in Brussels from 1901 until his death. He notably took photographs for the "Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum", an international research project for documentation of ancient ceramics inaugurated in 1919. In 1923, he wrote a letter to his museum director arguing for the creation of an official title of photographer.
° 8.9.1877; + 28.9.1933. Head of the photography service at the "Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire" in Brussels from 1901 until his death. He notably took photographs for the "Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum", an international research project for documentation of ancient ceramics inaugurated in 1919. In 1923, he wrote a letter to his museum director arguing for the creation of an official title of photographer.
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1901 * - 1933 + Bruxelles
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DIRECTORY_2017#1025
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MCC new 15.12.2018, revised 12.3.2020