Artist

Peter Van Bleeck

H Beard Print Collection
H Beard Print Collection
H Beard Print Collection
H Beard Print Collection

Peter Van Bleeck is a Baroque artist. 4 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Peter Van Bleeck never met a wig he didn’t sketch. The Dutch-born artist, who spent most of his life in London, made a living turning flamboyant 18th-century hairstyles into playful engravings that mocked vanity without apology. His H Beard Print Collection captures towering periwigs and powdered curls with a dry wit, each page a tiny satire of the men who wore them. If you’ve ever wanted to see what a barrister’s bouffant looked like at 300 dpi, start here—then laugh at the man in the mirror.

Works by Peter Van Bleeck

Collections represented

Victoria and Albert Museum

Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.

Catalog records compiled from museum open-access collections; the artworks shown are in the public domain. Spotted an error in this record? Tell us.