Abraham van Blijenberch (1575-6 - 1624) 

• Also known as Blyenberch was a Flemish painter.
• He was born in the Spanish Netherlands and married in 1615.
• He became a citizen of Antwerp in 1617.
• 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 I of England, the Lord Chamberlain William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, William Drummond of Hawthornden, Sir Robert Kerr, and Ben Jonson.
• He enjoyed patronage at the highest level; Prince Charles sat to him, as did several of the leading members of the Jacobean court. He also painted Ben Jonson, the poet, playwright and friend of William Drummond of Hawthornden.

• He is known to have worked on tapestry designs for the royal factory at Mortlake.

• He returned to Antwerp in 1621 or 1622, where Theodoor van Thulden became a student.

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