Gaspar Bouttats, the younger brother of Frederik Bouttats

Frederik Bouttats

Frederik Bouttats, an engraver, 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...

 and uncle 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...

, was born at Antwerp about the year 1625, and died there in 1703. He engraved

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...

 chiefly for the booksellers, and some few plates after different masters. They are principally etched, and some finished with the graver. The following are by him:

• Frontispiece for the Psalms of St. Augustine; Gaspar Boutats fec.
• The Massacre of St. Bartholomew.
• The Assassination of Henry IV. (pictured)
• The Decollation of Count Nadasti, Count Corini, and Marquis Francipani.
• A Sutler's Tent; after Ph. Wouwerman.

He also etched the plates for a folio volume of 'Views of Jerusalem, and the surrounding Country;' after the designs of Johannes Peters

Jan Peeters I

Johannes Peeters was a Flemish Baroque painter who specialized in seascapes and shipwrecks, known as Zeekens .-Biography:...

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