Artist

Dirck Bleker

Portrait of Dirck Bleker
Portrait of Dirck Bleker

Dutch, 1621–1702

Dirck Bleker was a Dutch Dutch Golden Age painter. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Rijksmuseum. Dirck Bleker was born in Haarlem.

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. 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.

His name, marked with a 'd', which meant 'dead before Vincent van der Vinne', was in the list of guild painters kept by Laurens van der Vinne after his father's death in 1702.

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