Abraham Blooteling (or Bloteling) (1634–1690) was a Dutch designer and engraver.

Life

He was born at

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. From the style of his etchings it is likely that he was a pupil of the

Visscher Visscher is a Dutch occupational surname. ''Visscher'' is an archaic spelling of Dutch ''visser'' meaning "fisherman". Varianta are ''Visschers'' and '' De Visscher''. The latter form is now most common in East Flanders.French incursions into the Netherlands in 1672, he went to England, where he met with some success, but only stayed for two or three years. Blooteling produced a large number of etchings, some line engravings, and also worked in

mezzotint Mezzotint is a monochrome printmaking process of the '' intaglio'' family. It was the first printing process that yielded half-tones without using line- or dot-based techniques like hatching, cross-hatching or stipple. Mezzotint achieves tonali ...

, a technique he is known to have adopted by 1671. He has sometimes been credited with the invention of the "rocker" as a tool for the preparation of mezzotint plates, and with introducing the technique into England. In 1685 he published the collection of gems of

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, etched by himself. He sometimes signed his plates with his name at length, and sometimes with a monogram, composed of the letters 'A' and 'B'. Bloteling was a bachelor and a friend of

Gerard de Lairesse Gerard or Gérard (de) Lairesse (11 September 1641 – June 1711) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and art theorist. His broad range of skills included music, poetry, and theatre. De Lairesse was influenced by the Perugian Cesare Ripa and Fr ...

, who also lived on

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Etchings and engravings

Portraits

*''Thomas Sydenham,

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''; after Mrs Beale. *''

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, Bishop of Chester''; after the same. *'' Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury''; after Greenhill. *'' Edward, Earl of Sandwich''; after Lely. *''Edward, Earl of Montagu''; after the same. *''

James, Duke of Monmouth James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, KG, PC (9 April 1649 – 15 July 1685) was a Dutch-born English nobleman and military officer. Originally called James Crofts or James Fitzroy, he was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlan ...

''; after the same. *''

Cornelis Tromp Cornelis Maartenszoon Tromp, ''Count of Sølvesborg'' (3 September 1629 – 29 May 1691) was a Dutch naval officer who served as lieutenant-admiral general in the Dutch Navy, and briefly as a general admiral in the Royal Danish Navy. Tromp ...

, Admiral of Holland''; after the same. * ''

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''; after the same. 1673. * ''

Aert van Nes Aert Jansse van Nes (1626 – 13 or 14 September 1693) was a 17th-century Dutch naval commander, notable for commanding the second squadron in the raid on the Medway in 1667. He was born at Rotterdam. Three modern ships of the Royal Nether ...

, Admiral of Holland''; L. de Jonghe pinx. *'' Constantijn Huygen''; after Netscher. *''John Henry Thim''; A. Stech pinx. *'' Jerome de Beverningh''; after Vaillant. *'' Willem van Haren''; after the same. 1680. *'' Egbert Meesz Kortenaer'', Admiral of Holland; Bart. van der Helst pinx. *''The Marquis de Mirabelle''; after

Van Dyck Sir Anthony van Dyck (, many variant spellings; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Brabantian Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy. The seventh c ...

. *'' Ferdinand de Fürstenberg,

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Thomas More Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VIII as Lord ...

, Lord High Chancellor''. *''

Edward Stillingfleet Edward Stillingfleet (17 April 1635 – 27 March 1699) was a British Christian theologian and scholar. Considered an outstanding preacher as well as a strong polemical writer defending Anglicanism, Stillingfleet was known as "the beauty of holin ...

, Canon of St. Paul's''. *'' Henry, Duke of Norfolk''. 1678. *''Jane, Duchess of Norfolk''. 1681. *''

Augustus Stellingwerf Auke Andriesz Stellingwerf (1635 – 13 June 1665) was a Dutch admiral who served the Admiralty of Friesland and died while commanding a squadron in the battle of Lowestoft The Battle of Lowestoft took place on during the Second Anglo-Dutch ...

, Admiral of Friesland.'' *'' Cornelis de Wit, Vice Admiral of Holland.'' *'' Tierck Hides de Fries, Admiral of Friesland.'' *''

Cornelis Speelman Cornelis Janszoon Speelman (2 March 1628 – 11 January 1684) was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1681 to 1684. Cornelis Janszoon Speelman was the son of a Rotterdam merchant. He was born on 2 March 1628. In his 16th year, he left ...

, Vice Admiral.''

Various subjects after his own designs and other masters

*Twelve ''Views of Gardens''; inscribed ''Alcune Vedute, etc''. *Eighteen circular plates of subjects of sacred history, with flowers; A. Bloteling fec. *''A Landscape, with Diana bathing''; J. van Neck pinx.; A. Bloteling exc. *''A Landscape, with Alpheus and Arethusa''; the same. *Six ''Views of the Environs of Amsterdam''; Jac. Ruisdael inv.; A. Bloteling fee. 1670. *''Actaeon devoured by his Dogs''; G. Flink pinx. *''A Shepherd playing on his Pipe, with a Shepherdess''; after the same. *''The Golden Age''; G. Lairesse pinx.; N. Visscher exc. *''The Marriage of St. Catharine''; after

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of works by Raphael, His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of ...

. *Two ''Heads of Children''; after

Rubens Sir Peter Paul Rubens (; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium). He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque traditio ...

; rare; some impressions have the name of Rubens. *''The Study of the Head of a Man''; after Rubens; A. Bloteling fec. et exc; rare. *Four ''Studies of Lions''; after Rubens; inscribed ''Varice Leonum Icones, a P. P.'' *Two ''Huntings of the Boar and Stag''; fine.

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Portraits

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Justus Lipsius Justus Lipsius (Joest Lips or Joost Lips; 18 October 1547 – 23 March 1606) was a Flemish Catholic philologist, philosopher, and humanist. Lipsius wrote a series of works designed to revive ancient Stoicism in a form that would be compatible w ...

''; A. Bloteling fec. *''

Michelangelo Buonarroti Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (; 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known as Michelangelo (), was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was insp ...

''; A. Bloteling fec. *'' Frans Mieris, painted by himself''; A. Bloteling fee. *''

Jan de Wit Johannes Marijnus Antonius Maria "Jan" de Wit (born 10 May 1945) is a former Dutch politician and lawyer. As a member of the Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij) he was an MP from 19 May 1998 to 1 April 2014. He focused on matters of judici ...

, Grand Pensionary of Holland''; after de Baen. *'' Cornelis de Wit'', the brother of Jan; after de Baen. *''Staverinus, an old Jew, holding a Medal'': Corn. Bega pinx. *''

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'';

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pinx. *''

Desiderius Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (; ; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus;''Erasmus'' was his baptismal name, given after St. Erasmus of Formiae. ''Desiderius'' was an adopted additional name, which he used from 1496. The ''Roterodamus'' wa ...

''; H. Holbein pinx, 1671. *'' Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington''; after Lely; oval. *'' Charles, Earl of Derby''; after the same. (pictured) *''Abraham Symmonds'', an artist; after the same. *'' Queen Catharine''; after the same. (pictured) *'' William Henry, Prince of Orange''; after the same. 1678. *''

Nell Gwyn Eleanor Gwyn (2 February 1650 – 14 November 1687; also spelled ''Gwynn'', ''Gwynne'') was a celebrity figure of the Restoration period. Praised by Samuel Pepys for her comic performances as one of the first actresses on the English stage ...

''; P. Lely pinx. *''

Mary of Modena Mary of Modena ( it, Maria Beatrice Eleonora Anna Margherita Isabella d'Este; ) was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland as the second wife of James II and VII. A devout Roman Catholic, Mary married the widower James, who was then the young ...

, Duchess of York''; after the same. *''Cornelis Tromp, Admiral of Holland''; after the same. *''Michiel Adriensz de Ruijter, Admiral of Holland''; J. Lievens pinx. *''The

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''; C. Morad pinx. *'' Henry Casimir, Prince of Nassau''; M. van Muscher pinx. (pictured) *''Portrait of a Venetian Lady'';

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o inv. *''Constantijn Huygens''; B. Valliant pinx. *''Jan de Oronefeld''; after the same. Heinrich-Kasimir-II

Various subjects from his own designs and other masters

*''The Five Senses''; after C. Bega. *''The Four Ages''; circular; after the same. *''Hercules destroying the monster''; G. Lairesse pinx. *''St. Peter penitent''; after P. Moreels. *''A Landscape, with mythological figures''; F. de Neve pinx. *''The Temptation of St. Anthony''; Cam. Procaccini pinx. *''A Man holding a glass''; Rostrate pinx. *''Bust of a Man''; circular. *''Bust of a young Man crowned with laurels''; circular. *''Bust of Hippolyta''; oval. *''Two Heads, with Phrygian and Grecian Head-dresses''; one plate. *''The Satyr, and a Peasant''; oval. *''Vanitas'', a Child blowing bubbles. *''Abundance'', a figure sitting. *''The head of a Vestal, crowned with roses''. *''Small bust of Jupiter''; circular. *''Small bust of Venus''; same. *Half length of a ''Boy holding a Cat''. *''Cupid and Psyche''. *''A Blind Man playing on the Flute''. *''Andromeda''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Blooteling, Abraham 1634 births 1690 deaths Engravers from Amsterdam

Life

Etchings and engravings

Portraits

Various subjects after his own designs and other masters

Mezzotints

Portraits

Various subjects from his own designs and other masters

References

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