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Benjamin Block or Blok (1631–1690) was a seventeenth-century German-Hungarian Baroque painter who married the flower painter Anna Katharina Block. He is known for his portrait paintings.

Biography

Block was born into an artistic family in Lübeck;[1] his father Daniel Blok[2] and brothers Emanuel and Adolf were painters.[3] In 1653 he was registered in Halle, Belgium,[1] probably en route to Italy, and in 1655, through one of his brothers, who was a canon in Vienna at the time, he met Ferenc Nádasdy III who invited him to produce art in Hungary. He is registered in Hungary from 1656 to 1659.[1]

After working as a portrait painter in Siena, Florence and Venice, in 1664 Block crossed the alps back to his native Germany, and settled in Nuremberg, where he married the daughter of the flower painter Johann Thomas Fischer (1603–1685),[4] the flower painter Anna Catharina Fischer.[5] There he made portraits for the margraves of Ansbach and the Vienna court until 1670. He was knighted by Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor in 1684.[1]

His wife remained a painter after her marriage, and along with their parents, this duo is mentioned in the artist biographies of Joachim von Sandrart and Arnold Houbraken. He died in Regensburg in 1690.

References

External links and sources

• Fine Arts in Hungary

На других языках

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[de] Benjamin von Block

Benjamin von Block, auch Benjamin Blok (* 1631 in Lübeck; † 1689 in Regensburg) war ein deutscher Porträtmaler.

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- [en] Benjamin Block

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[es] Benjamin Block

Benjamin Block, o Blok (1631–1690) fue un pintor barroco húngaro - alemán del siglo XVII que se casó con la pintora de flores Anna Katharina Block. Es conocido por sus pinturas de retratos.

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[fr] Benjamin Block

Benjamin von Block (1631-1690) est un peintre allemand, connu pour ses portraits.

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[it] Benjamin von Block

Benjamin von Block (Lubecca, 4 ottobre 1631 – Ratisbona, 19 ottobre 1689) è stato un pittore tedesco, attivo come ritrattista, in particolare alla corte dell'imperatore Leopoldo I.

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