BLIECK, Daniel de

Dutch painter and architect who specialised in architectural paintings. He was probably a pupil of architectural painter Dirck van Delen. He became a member of the Middelburg Guild of Saint Luke c. 1648 and was deacon of the Guild in 1664-1665 and 1668. He stayed in England from 1658 to 1661.

When the governing body of Zeeland decided to mint coins mechanically, de Blieck was commissioned to produce drawings on the production of the necessary equipment. He knew the equipment in Paris and had made drawings of the minting equipment in Dordrecht. The building of the minting machines was not without problems, and de Blieck made a number of trips to Antwerp, Rotterdam and The Hague as supervisor for repairs and parts.

He principally painted architectural studies, but is also known for some portraits. His imaginary architectural paintings of church interiors were in the style of the Flemish painter Hendrick Aerts (active c. 1600), but under the influence of architectural painters of the Delft school such as Hendrick Cornelisz. van Vliet, he developed a more realistic style around 1650.

De Blieck was also an architect but little is known about his work in this field. He designed a new warehouse for the Dutch East India Company.