Daniel de Blieck (1627–1673) was a painter, technical draftsman, and architect from Middelburg who specialized in architectural paintings.

De Blieck was born in 1627 in Middelburg. Both his father Laureys and brother Balthasar were cabinetmakers. He was a pupil of the architectural painter Dirck van Delen (1605–1671) and was influenced by Anthonie de Lorme and Hendrick van Vliet later on.

He became a member of the Middelburg Guild of Saint Luke in 1647 and served as the guild’s dean in 1664. In 1657 he went to England, where he and Joost van Geel worked for the Dutch ambassador Willem Nieupoort. Afterwards het went to France, drawing and painting Paris churches, amongst others, only to return in Middelburg permanently in 1662.

When the States of Zeeland decided in 1670 to mint coins exclusively by mechanical means from then on, De Blieck was commissioned to produce drawings of the necessary production equipment. He was well-informed about the latest technical developments, such as those at the mint in Paris, and had also produced drawings for similar minting equipment for the Dutch Mint (De Hollandse Munt) in Dordrecht.

The guest curator for this exhibition and author of the accompanying publication is art historian Bernard Vermet, who previously curated the 2024 exhibition on the life and work of the Zeeland master painter Dirck van Delen for the Stadhuismuseum.