His parents Jean du Bourg(h) and Elisabeth Burlamacchi married in 1681.
Louis Fabrice was baptized on 5 July 1693 in the
Walloon church. He was a pupil of
Gerard de Lairesse, Gerrit Rademaker (1672–1711) and
Jacob van Huysum. In 1718 he became
sexton of a small
wooden church on Kerkstraat. Around 1726 he was practising
foreshortening and may have been a member of an academy. When he married Eva de Kaarsgieter in 1729 he cooperated with
Bernard Picart. After producing several beautiful pictures, some of which may be seen at the
Westerkerk, the
New Church and
town hall of Amsterdam, he exchanged the brush for the
graver, and executed some
vignettes and other small compositions, and also etched a number of plates from his own designs. He cooperated with members of the
Stadstekenacademie, Amsterdam, as
Jacob Folkema,
François Morellon,
Cornelis Troost,
Simon Fokke, Michiel Elgersma and
Pieter Tanjé, engravers. He was buried on 22 September 1775 the
Amstelkerk, where he had lived most of his life. His collection of pictures and drawings was sold at an auction in 1776.
Tragedies, Delft 1728 ==References==