Dirck Bleker [SEP] occupation
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 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
portraits. In 1638 they moved to a large house at the corner of the Berckenrodesteeg and the Spaarne street, near the central weigh house. De Clercq also owned the estate "Clercq & Beeck" in Overveen. Feyntje died in 1640 and De Clercq remarried Adriaentgen Keyser in 1645. A painting by Dirck Bleker of the two of them with their children from their first marriages is in the collection of the Amsterdam Museum. Both the portrait of Lucas de Clercq and his wife Feyntje or Feyna remained in the De Clercq family for