Valck
Valck is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Gerard Valck (1652–1726), Dutch engraver * Pieter de Valck (1584–1625), Dutch painter See also * Balck * Valcke {{Short pages monitor ...
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Gerard Valck
Gerard Valck (30 September 1652 – 21 October 1726) was a Dutch engraver, publisher and cartographer. Biography Valck was born in Amsterdam on 30 September 1652 to an Amsterdam silversmith. He was a student of Abraham Blooteling and later married Blooteling's sister. He went to London with Blooteling in 1672 and may have remained there until 1680. Valck engraved many portraits of English nobility and worked frequently with Blooteling. His earliest dated mezzotint is titled ''Sleeping Cupid'' and was published in 1677. He based many of his engravings and mezzotints after designs by other artists like Peter Lely, Gérard de Lairesse and Philip Tideman. He published most of his works himself. In Amsterdam, he had a close partnership with his son Leonardus Valck and Peter Schenk the Elder Petrus Schenck, or Pieter, or Peter Schenk the Elder (baptized: 26 December 1660 – between 12 August and 17 November 1711 in Leipzig) was a German engraver and cartographer active in Amst ...
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Pieter De Valck
Pieter Jacobsz. de Valck (1584–1625) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography De Valck was born and died in Leeuwarden. According to Houbraken, he was the son of a silversmith who learned to paint from Abraham Bloemaert (according to Joh. Hilarides van Bolswerd).Pieter Jacobsz. de Valck Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

Arnold Houbraken

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Balck
Balck is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Heike Balck (born 1970), retired German high jumper * Hermann Balck (1893–1982), general in Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht * Viktor Balck (1844–1928), Swedish officer and sports personality, and one of the original members of the International Olympic Committee * William Balck (1858–1924), general in German Army * Allen Balck (2000-), Osu! 5 digit grinder See also * Balk * Black Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white have o ...