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Dutch Golden Age painter
A.K.A.
Richard Van Bleeck, Richard van Blick
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Male
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Birth:
1 January 1670(The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Death:
1 January 1733(London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Richard van Bleeck (1670 – 1733) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
He was born in The Hague. According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History, he was the pupil of Theodor van der Schuer and Daniel Haringh. He became a portrait painter and painted the portrait of the engraver Coenraet Roepel, before moving to London in 1733, where he stayed. He was the father of Pieter van Bleeck, who was born in the Hague, possibly moved with him to London and also became a portrait painter there.