Jacob Xavery was a Dutch

Dutch people

The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...

 painter.

Xavery was the son of Jan Baptist Xavery

Jan Baptist Xavery

Jan Baptist Xavery was a Flemish scuptor active in the Netherlands.-Biography:He was the son of the sculptor Albertus Xavery, who probably taught him before he entered the studio of Michiel van der Voort. There he stayed until moving to Vienna in 1719; from there he went to Italy, returning in...

, the sculptor, and the pupil of Jakob de Wit. He practised at Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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, Breda

Breda

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, and the Hague, and passed some time in Paris

Paris

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. Occasionally he imitated the manner of Berchem in his landscapes, and approached closely to his master, Jakob de Wit, in his feigned bas reliefs. He painted portraits of several distinguished persons, among them If. Braamcamp and the sculptor Cressant. He died towards the end of the 18th century. In the S. Kensington Museum there is a Vase of Fruit and a Vine Branch by him.

His brother Frans

Frans Xavery

Franciscus Xaverius Xavery , was a Dutch painter, and the son of Jan Baptist Xavery. Frans became a member of the Pictura Society at The Hague in 1768, practised for some time in that city, and later in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. He studied first under his uncle Gerard Joseph, and afterwards under...

 and his uncle Gerard Joseph

Gerard Joseph Xavery

Gerardus Josephus Xavery , was a Dutch painter. He was the brother of Jan Baptist Xavery, the sculptor, and uncle to the brothers Frans - later his pupil - and Jakob. He was a native of Antwerp, but settled in Holland and practised at The Hague, becoming a member of the Pictura Society in...

were also painters.

Reference

• Xavery, Jacob in the RKD databases.