Dirck Bleker
Illustration — The Penitent Mary Magdalene by Dirck Bleker, with Marie Jonas de la Motte as model for Mary Magdalene. Dirck Bleker (1621 in Haarlem – 1702 in Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. 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.
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Dirck Bleker
Dirck Bleker · Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artwork wga QS:P11807,"/b/bleker/dirck/magdalen" · Public domain
- Born
- 1621 · Haarlem.
- Died
- 1702 · Haarlem.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter
- Known for
- The penitent Mary Magdalene · Musical company (copy) · Lucas de Clercq (ca. 1593-1652) and his family at their summer home Clercq en Beeck
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — The Penitent Mary Magdalene by Dirck Bleker, with Marie Jonas de la Motte as model for Mary Magdalene. Dirck Bleker (1621 in Haarlem – 1702 in Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. 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.
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Born at Haarlem in 1621, died in Haarlem in 1702.
The recorded working language is Dutch. Works named in the authority record are The penitent Mary Magdalene, Musical company (copy) and Lucas de Clercq (ca. Work by Dirck Bleker is recorded in the collections of Amsterdam Museum, Fries Museum, Rijksmuseum, Rijksmuseum Twenthe and Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.
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