Abraham Bloemaert (1566 – 1651)

• Was a Dutch painter and printmaker.
• Bloemaert was born in Gorinchem, Habsburg Netherlands.
• His family moved to Utrecht.
• Abraham was first a pupil of Gerrit Splinter and of Joos de Beer.
• From the age of 15 or 16, he then spent three years in Paris from 1581–1583, studying six weeks under a Jehan Bassot.
• In 1611, along with the two other leading Utrecht painters, Joachim Wtewael and Paulus Moreelse, he was one of the founders of the Utrecht Guild of Saint Luke.
• Among his many pupils were his four sons, Hendrick, Frederick, Cornelis, and Adriaan.
• The RKD also lists, Abraham Jacobsz van Almeloveen, Cornelius de Beer, Nicolaes van Bercheyck, Jan van Bijlert, the two Boths, the two Honthorsts, Leonaert Bramer, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, Hendrick ter Brugghen, Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp, Nicolaus Knüpfer, Cornelis van Poelenburch, Robert Jansz Splinter, Matthias Stom, Herman van Swanevelt, Dirck Voorst, Jan Baptist Weenix, and many others..
• The displayed painting is a crop from Nicolas Visscher I, Portrait of Abraham Bloemaert, 17th century.
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