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Benjamin Block

1631 – 1690

Hungarian artist German artist

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About Benjamin Block

Lived 1631 – 1690 (aged 58–59). Benjamin Block was a German painter.

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; his father Daniel Blok and brothers Emanuel and Adolf were painters. In 1653 he was registered in Halle, Spanish Netherlands, the flower painter Anna Catharina Fischer. 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.

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.

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Important facts

Born
1631, Lübeck
Birth century
17th century
Died
1690, Regensburg
Occupation
Painter
Nationality
Germany
Also known as
Benjamin von Block, Benjamin von Blockh, Benjamin Von Blok, Benjamin von Blockhen, Benjamin von Bloch, Benj. Block
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People in Benjamin Block's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Portrait of Arnold Houbraken
Arnold Houbraken
1660 – 1719
Writer
 Portrait of Daniel Blok
Daniel Blok
1580 – 1660
Painter
 Portrait of Anna Katharina Block
Anna Katharina Block
1642 – 1719
Painter

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Benjamin Block's

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Francis Glisson
1597 – 1677
Physiologist
 Portrait of Thomas Willis
Thomas Willis
1621 – 1675
Physician
 Portrait of Giovanni Domenico Cassini
Giovanni Domenico Cassini
1625 – 1712
Selenographer
 Portrait of Isaac Barrow
Isaac Barrow
1630 – 1677
Theologian
 Portrait of Christopher Wren
Christopher Wren
1632 – 1723
Architect
 Portrait of Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke
1635 – 1703
Architect

Frequently asked questions

Who was Benjamin Block?

Hungarian artist German artist (1631-1690)

When was Benjamin Block born?

Benjamin Block was born in 1631 in Lübeck.

When did Benjamin Block die?

Benjamin Block died in 1690 in Regensburg.

What was Benjamin Block's occupation?

Benjamin Block was a painter.

What nationality was Benjamin Block?

Benjamin Block was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Benjamin Block

· Wikidata: Q445590

· DBpedia: Benjamin Block

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