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Adriaan Bloemaert (after 1609 in
Utrecht Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The ...
– buried 8 January 1666 in Utrecht)Bloemaert, Adriaen
at
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 was a Dutch painter. Bloemaert was the fourth son of
Abraham Bloemaert Abraham Bloemaert (25 December 1566 – 27 January 1651) was a Dutch painter and printmaker who used etching and engraving. He initially worked in the style of the " Haarlem Mannerists", but by the beginning of the 17th-century altered his style ...
, and younger brother of Hendrick, Frederik and Cornelis Bloemaert. He received his first instruction from his father. He was sent to Italy, where he studied until 1637. He then visited
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, where he became employed, but settled at
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the same year. In 1640 he visited
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. By 1651 he had returned to his hometown, where he stayed until his death. Bloemaert painted history and portraits with some success. Heineken attributes to this artist several plates of portraits, although they are without his name.


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Attribution: * 1610s births 1666 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Painters from Utrecht (city) Bloemaert family {{Netherlands-painter-stub