The Three Fates, Abraham Bloemaert, 1590/1600
Abraham Bloemaert, portraitAbraham BloemaertDutch, 1566–1651

The Three Fates

1590/1600 · Drawing and Watercolor

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Where is “The Three Fates” now? Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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Accession number
1922.1753

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In the life of Abraham Bloemaert

The whole life
  1. 1591

    Follows his father to Amsterdam

    When his father is appointed city architect (stads-bouwmeester) of Amsterdam in 1591, Bloemaert accompanies him there.

  2. 1593

    Death of his father

    In 1593 his father, the architect Cornelis Bloemaert I, dies; Abraham returns to Utrecht.

  3. 1593–1594

    Sets up a workshop in Utrecht

    Back in Utrecht, Bloemaert sets up a workshop of his own; many of his paintings are commissioned by the city's clandestine Catholic churches.

  4. 1594

    Dean of the saddlemakers' guild in Utrecht

    In 1594 Bloemaert becomes dean (“deken”) of the saddlemakers' guild, which included painters: since 1367 painters had belonged to it, with no Guild of St Luke of their own.

  5. c. 1600

    From Haarlem Mannerism to the Baroque

    Having begun in the style of the “Haarlem Mannerists”, by the beginning of the 17th century Bloemaert alters his style in line with the new Baroque style then developing.

  6. 1602

    Son born: Hendrick Bloemaert

All works

On view at Art Institute of Chicago

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