Frederik Bouttats, an engraver

Engraving

Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...

, was born at Antwerp about the year 1620. He engraved several plates after his own designs, principally portraits, and some after other masters. They are worked with the graver, in a neat style, and are not without merit. We have by him, among others, the following:

• Charles Emmanuel, Duke of Savoy.
• Charles Gaspar, Elector of Treves.
• Queen Christina of Sweden.
• Oliver Cromwell.
• Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg.
• John George, Elector of Saxony.
• Jan Baptist Heil, portrait painter; se ipse pinx.
• Daniel van Heil, landscape painter; J. B. van Heil pinx. (pictured)
• Leo van Heil, architect and painter; same painter.
• David Rijckaert, painter; se ipse pinx. (pictured)
• The Virgin and Infant Jesus, with St. John (dated 1655).
• Cavaliers and Ladies playing at Cards; F. Boutats fecit.

He was the elder brother of Gaspar Bouttats

Gaspar Bouttats

Gaspar Bouttats, the younger brother of Frederik Bouttats and uncle of Philibert Bouttats, was born at Antwerp about the year 1625, and died there in 1703. He engraved chiefly for the booksellers, and some few plates after different masters. They are principally etched, and some finished with the...

 and the father of Philibert Bouttats

Philibert Bouttats

Philibert Bouttats, a Flemish engraver, the son of Frederik Bouttats, was born at Antwerp about the year 1650, and died at the age of 72. His prints consist chiefly of portraits, and are rather neatly engraved...

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