Reyer Jacobsz van Blommendael (27 June 1628 (baptised) – 23 November 1675) was a
Dutch Golden Age painter from
Haarlem.
Biography
He entered the
Haarlem Guild of that city in 1662, and was buried in the
St. Bavochurch there where later his sister Risje (who had previously named him in her will) was also buried.
Reyer Jacobsz van Blommendael
in the RKD
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His sister's will from 1669 stated that he was living in Amsterdam, and her newer will from 1675 mentions him living in the Hague.
His works were attributed by Johannes Vermeer
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, Dirck van Baburen
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Biography
Dirck van Baburen was probably born in Wijk bij Duurstede, but his family moved to Utrecht when he was still youn ...
, Cesar van Everdingen, Abraham Bloemaert
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, Jan van Bronchorst and Gerard van Honthorst.
Works
*''Paris and Oenone
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'', Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
*''Lot and His Daughters'',
*''Socrates, his two Wives, and Alcibiades
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The painting ...
'' (1660s), Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg
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*''Saint Bavo Saves Haarlem'' (1673), St. Bavochurch, Harlem
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Year of birth unknown
1675 deaths
Artists from Haarlem
Dutch Golden Age painters
Dutch male painters
Painters from Haarlem
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