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Frederik Bouttats the Elder or Frederik Bouttats (I) (
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History To him have been attributed some landscapes with the garden of Eden in the style of Jan Brueghel the Elder.
Bouttats was born in Antwerp in 1590. He was a pupil of the painter and art dealer Matthijs Willenhoudt he is mentioned as an apprentice. He became a master of the Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp in 1612.
He married Machteld (Mathilde) van de Wouwere, with whom he had one child, Frederik, who followed in his father's footsteps. After the death of his wife on 8 January 1629 he married Maria de Weerdt, with whom he had 8 children.
His pupils were his sons Frederik, Jaeckes vander Vloet, Joris Herteborst and Frederick Hendrick van den Hove.
He died in Antwerp in 1661. When his widow died on 25 August 1673, she left seven children: Jacobmijne (widow of Petrus Clouwet ), Magdalena, Magnus, Philibert, Magdalena, Norbertus Bouttats, Ignatius and Jasper (Gaspar).
probably Frederik Bouttats the elder (d.1661), ''The Garden of Eden (after Jan Brueghel the elder)''
at National Trust Collections
Frederik Bouttats the Elder or Frederik Bouttats (I) (Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,
, 1590 – Antwerp, 1661) was a Flemish painter
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...
, engraver, printmaker
Printmaking is the process of creating work of art, artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand proce ...
and dealer in prints. He is known for his reproductive prints after famous painters and portraits. He was also involved in the production and sales of devotional prints. There is some confusion about the attribution of works to various artists called Frederik Bouttats.Frederik Bouttats (I)at the Netherlands Institute for Art History To him have been attributed some landscapes with the garden of Eden in the style of Jan Brueghel the Elder.
Life
Bouttats was born in Antwerp in 1590. He was a pupil of the painter and art dealer Matthijs Willenhoudt he is mentioned as an apprentice. He became a master of the Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp in 1612.
He married Machteld (Mathilde) van de Wouwere, with whom he had one child, Frederik, who followed in his father's footsteps. After the death of his wife on 8 January 1629 he married Maria de Weerdt, with whom he had 8 children.
His pupils were his sons Frederik, Jaeckes vander Vloet, Joris Herteborst and Frederick Hendrick van den Hove.
He died in Antwerp in 1661. When his widow died on 25 August 1673, she left seven children: Jacobmijne (widow of Petrus Clouwet ), Magdalena, Magnus, Philibert, Magdalena, Norbertus Bouttats, Ignatius and Jasper (Gaspar).Work
Bouttats was mainly a reproductive artist who made prints after paintings and designs of prominent painters of his time and engraved portraits. He was active as a printmaker and dealer of devotional prints. There is some confusion about the attribution of works to various artists called Frederik Bouttats. As a painter he seems to have mainly created copies or works in the style of Jan Brueghel the Elder.at National Trust Collections
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bouttats, Frederik 1 Artists from Antwerp Flemish engravers Flemish printmakers 17th-century Flemish painters Flemish Baroque painters 1590 births 1661 deaths