sentences:  Block was born into an artistic family in Lübeck; his father Daniel Blok and brothers Emanuel and Adolf were painters.In 1653 he was registered in Halle, Belgium, probably en route to Italy, and in 1655, through one of his brothers, who was a canon in Vienna at the time, he met Ferenc Nádasdy III who invited him to produce art in Hungary.He is registered in Hungary from 1656 to 1659.