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Anna Katharina Block (1642–1719) was a German Baroque flower painter.
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by
in the RKD. in 1664 and was still alive when Joachim von Sandrart was writing his ''Teutsche Academie'', which is where Houbraken took his data from. She died in
Anna Catharina Fischerin
in Sandrart's Teutsche Academie {{DEFAULTSORT:Block, Anna Katharina 1642 births 1719 deaths German Baroque painters Artists from Nuremberg 17th-century German painters 18th-century German painters German women painters Flower artists 18th-century German women artists 17th-century German women artists
Anna Katharina Block (1642–1719) was a German Baroque flower painter.
Biography
She was born Anna Katharina Fischer in Nuremberg. According to Houbraken she was the daughter of the flower painterJohann Thomas Fischer
Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...
who taught her to paint.Anna Katharina Block Biographyin ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by
Arnold Houbraken
Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters.
Life
Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...
, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature She was good at painting flowers in water colors and in oils, and taught the Duchess Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1 July 1627, in Schwerin – 11 December 1669, in Halle) was a German noblewoman, a member of the House of Mecklenburg and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels.
She was the fourth child and second daughter ...
, the wife of the Duke August von Sachsen, and their daughters in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt in the 1660s. She married the painter Benjamin BlockAnna Katharina Blockin the RKD. in 1664 and was still alive when Joachim von Sandrart was writing his ''Teutsche Academie'', which is where Houbraken took his data from. She died in
Regensburg
Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the f ...
in 1719.
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*Anna Catharina Fischerin
in Sandrart's Teutsche Academie {{DEFAULTSORT:Block, Anna Katharina 1642 births 1719 deaths German Baroque painters Artists from Nuremberg 17th-century German painters 18th-century German painters German women painters Flower artists 18th-century German women artists 17th-century German women artists