Jacob Fosie

Jacob Fosie (1679 – 1 December 1763) was a Danish artist, watercolor painter, etcher, engraver, organist and author.
Early life
Fosie was born in Copenhagen, of English descent. He was a student of Hendrick Krock. He painted landscapes in watercolor, mostly in the style of Dutch masters. Fosie held a salon for artists in his home. Among the frequent guests were the artists Johan Martin Preisler, Gustav de Lode and Michael Keyl, the painters Johan Hörner and Carl Gustaf Pilo, the sculptor Simon Carl Stanley, the poet Christian Frederik Wadskiær and several other writers.
Family
He married Anna Dorothea Ilsøe and they had three children. Daughter Johanna Marie Fosie whom he taught together with her siblings Michael Fosie and Elisabeth Fosie was the most talented of the siblings, and she signed and published illustrations in her father's drawing book in 1741.
Artistic interests
Fosie was a wealthy man; he busied himself with...