Dirck Bleker (1621 in

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– 1702 in Haarlem), was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...

painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken he painted a Danae for the ''Lord of Halsteren, Baljuw of Kennemerland'', that was made famous by a poem by Joost van den Vondel.Poem
in the DBNLDirck Bleker Biography
in ''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

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According to the RKD he was the son of the painter Gerrit Claesz Bleker and was a member of the

Haarlem Guild of St. Luke The Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke was first a Christian, and later a city Guild for various trades falling under the patron saints Luke the Evangelist and Saint Eligius. History During the lifetime of Geertgen tot Sint Jans, there was probably a ...

.Dirck Bleker
in the RKD His name, marked with a 'd', which meant 'dead before

Vincent van der Vinne Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne (1628–1702) was a Dutch Mennonite painter, linen-weaver, and writer. Biography Van der Vinne was born, lived and worked in Haarlem and was a student of Frans Hals for nine months in 1647.

', was in the list of guild painters kept by

Laurens van der Vinne Laurens Vincentsz van der Vinne (1658–1729) was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. Biography Van der Vinne was born and died in Haarlem. According to Houbraken, he was the oldest and artistically most gifted son of t ...

after his father's death in 1702.

References

External links

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