Adriaen van Bloemen (1639 – c. 1697)
• Also known as Adriaen Bloem.
• Was a Flemish painter, print designer, draughtsman and engraver.
• Van Bloemen was born in Antwerp.
• In the guild year 1656–1657, he was registered at the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke as a pupil of Jan Peeters I.
• He left his native Antwerp to work in Vienna where he became court painter to Emperor Leopold I.
• He is first recorded in Vienna on 10 July 1668 when he was married to Maria Caecilia Offenbach, the daughter of Jacob von Offenbach.
• The place and time of van Bloemen's death are not known.
• It is believed he died in Vienna in or after 1694.
• He is last recorded in Vienna on 30 January 1694, the date on which his wife died.
• His work is mainly known through the prints made after it by various engravers.
• While in Vienna, he signed his works with "A. Bloem".
