Anna Katharina Block
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Anna Katharina Block was a German Baroque flower painter.
, the wife of the Duke August von Sachsen, and their daughters in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
in the 1660s. She married the painter Benjamin Blok in 1664 and was still alive when Joachim von Sandrart
was writing his Teutsche Academie, which is where Houbraken took his data from.
According to the RKD she was the daughter and pupil of Johann Thomas Fischer and married Benjamin Block.
Biography
According to Houbraken she was the daughter of the flower painter Johann Thomas Fischer who taught her to paint. She was good at painting flowers in water colors and in oils, and taught the Duchess Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-SchwerinAnna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a German noblewoman, a member of the House of Mecklenburg and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels....
, the wife of the Duke August von Sachsen, and their daughters in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Halle is the largest city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from the town of Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia...
in the 1660s. She married the painter Benjamin Blok in 1664 and was still alive when Joachim von Sandrart
Joachim von Sandrart
Joachim von Sandrart was a German Baroque art-historian and painter, active in Amsterdam during the Dutch Golden Age.-Biography:Sandrart was born in Frankfurt, but the family originated from Mons...
was writing his Teutsche Academie, which is where Houbraken took his data from.
According to the RKD she was the daughter and pupil of Johann Thomas Fischer and married Benjamin Block.