Adriaen van Bloemen

Adriaen van Bloemen
Born February 27, 1639
Antwerp
Died c1697
Vienna
Nationality Austria
Engraved portrait of Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Adriaen van Bloemen or Adrian Blum (February 27, 1639 – c1697) was a Flemish Baroque painter, printmaker, draughtsman and engraver.

Bloemen was born in Antwerp and during the years 1656 - 1657 he was a pupil of Jan Peeters I, but he married in Vienna in 1668. He is known for portraits of mostly Austrian people of Vienna, which were later engraved by various artists who attributed his work as "A. Bloem".

Bloemen died in Vienna.

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