Background
He was the son of the sculptor Albertus Xavery, who probably taught him before he entered the studio of Michiel van der Voort.
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There he stayed until moving to Vienna in 1719. From there he went to Italy, returning in 1721 and settling in The Hague. In 1729 he became court sculptor to William IV of Orange-Nassau.
There is some evidence, too, that he worked briefly around 1737 for Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.
Xavery died in 1742. Xavery was likely related to the sculptor Pieter Xavery. His pupil was Willem Hendrik van der Wall.
Membership
In 1725 he became a member of that city"s painters" guild, the Confrerie Pictura.
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Netherlands