Abraham Blyenberch
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Abraham van Blijenberch (or Blyenberch) (1575/6 - 1624) was a Flemish painter. He was born in the Spanish Netherlands and married in 1615. He became a citizen of Antwerp in 1617, but there is no record of him joining the Guild of Saint Luke (the Antwerp guild of painters) at this time.
He worked in London from 1617 to 1622, where he painted portraits of members of the court of James I, including Prince Charles (later Charles II), the Lord Chamberlain William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, William Drummond of Hawthornden and Ben Jonson. He also produced designs for the Mortlake Tapestry Works.
He returned to Antwerp in 1621 or 1622, where Theodoor van Thulden became a student. He was influenced by Daniel Mijtens.[1]
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Ben Jonson, after a portrait by Blijenberch c.1617
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King Charles I, c.1617-1620
References
- ^ Abraham van Blyenberch in the RKD
- National Galleries of Scotland
- National Portrait Gallery
- Anne Thackray, "Blyenberch, Abraham van (1575/6–1624)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 19 April 2010
