Gerrit Claesz Bleker (1592, Haarlem – February 8, 1656, Haarlem), was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and art an ...

painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken in 1718, who repeated a list of names from

Theodorus Schrevelius Theodorus Schrevelius (25 July 1572 – 2 December 1649) was a Dutch Golden Age writer and poet. Biography He was born in Haarlem, and in 1591 went to study Greek and Latin at the University of Leiden. He became the assistant director of the L ...

's 1648 book on Haarlem called ''Harlemias'', he was a good landscape painter of Haarlem along with

Cornelis Vroom Cornelis Hendriksz Vroom (1591, Haarlem - buried 16 September 1661, Haarlem) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Biography According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History, he was the son of the painter Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, th ...

, ''son of Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom'', "Joh. Jakobsz.", ''who was in Italy for many years'', "Nicol. Zuyker",

Salomon van Ruysdael Salomon van Ruysdael (c. 1602, Naarden – buried 3 November 1670, Haarlem) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. He was the uncle of Jacob van Ruisdael.

, and

Reyer van Blommendael 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 s ...

.Ger. Bleyker
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the

Digital library for Dutch literature The Digital Library for Dutch Literature (Dutch: Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren or DBNL) is a website (showing the abbreviation as dbnl) about Dutch language and Dutch literature. It contains thousands of literary texts, second ...

According to the RKD he was a landscape painter of historical allegories who became a member of the

Haarlem Guild of St. Luke The Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke was first a Christian, and later a city Guild for various trades falling under the patron saints Luke the Evangelist and Saint Eligius. History During the lifetime of Geertgen tot Sint Jans, there was probably ...

sometime before 1643 and who later became the teacher of

Dirck Bleker Dirck Bleker (1621 in Haarlem – 1702 in Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography 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 ...

(possibly his son),

Pieter Adelaar Pieter is a male given name, the Dutch form of Peter. The name has been one of the most common names in the Netherlands for centuries, but since the mid-twentieth century its popularity has dropped steadily, from almost 3000 per year in 1947 ...

David Decker David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

, and

Paulus van der Goes Paulus is the original Latin form of the English name Paul. It may refer to: Ancient Roman * Paul (jurist) or Julius Paulus (fl. 222–235 AD), Roman jurist * Paulus (consul 496), politician of the Eastern Roman Empire * Paulus (consul 512), R ...

.Gerrit Claesz Bleker
in the

RKD The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ...

He was probably the pupil of

Nicolaes Moeyaert Claes Corneliszoon Moeyaert or Nicolaes Moyaert or Mooyaert (1592–1655) was an authoritative Catholic Dutch painter. He followed Rembrandt in his use of red chalk. Moeyart was born in Durgerdam. As a young man he is thought to have tr ...

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1592 births 1656 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Artists from Haarlem Painters from Haarlem {{Netherlands-painter-stub