title: Jacob Elias la Fargue
text: # Jacob Elias la Fargue
  
  Jacob Elias la Fargue (1735 – 1778), was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
  
  ## Biography
  
  He was born in Voorburg to Jan Thomas la Fargue and was the younger brother of Paulus Constantijn la Fargue. His other siblings Maria Margaretha, Karel and Isaac Lodewijk also became painters. He became a member of the Confrerie Pictura in The Hague in 1761 and lived and worked there until he died.
  
  