Pieter Johannes van Bleeck (1697 – 1764)

• Was a Dutch portrait painter and mezzotint engraver.
• He was the son of Richard van Bleeck, also a portrait painter. 

• He moved in London during 1723.

• Van Bleeck married Alice Cony in 1745 at St Paul's Cathedral London, in the Parish of St Benets near Pauls Wharf St Andrew.

• His Marriage Bond allegation of 8 October alleges he was a Bachelor from the Parish of Covent Garden, and she was a spinster age 35 from the Parish of St George the Martyr.

• He was granted license to marry and they did so, on 10 October 1745.

• Van Bleeck is especially known for theatrical subjects such as Owen Swiny, Kitty Clive and Margaret Woffington, but he also worked on other subjects such as James Foster.

• His paintings were frequently engraved, particularly by John Faber the Younger.

• Van Bleeck died in July 1764 and was buried in London's Old St. Pancras Churchyard on 30 July 1764.

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