Abraham Blooteling (or Bloteling) (1634–1690)[1] was a Dutch designer and
engraver.
Life
He was born at
Amsterdam. From the style of his etchings it is likely that he was a pupil of the
Visschers. Following the
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.[2]
Blooteling produced a large number of etchings, some line engravings,[2] and also worked in
mezzotint, 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.[3]
In 1685 he published the collection of gems of
Leonardo Agostini, 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, who also lived on
Prinsengracht.[2]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Bryan, Michael (1886).
"Blooteling, Abraham". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
Lechner, Gregor M. (1995). "Bloteling (Blooteling), Abraham". In Kasten, Eberhard; et al. (eds.). Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (in German). Vol. 11. München, Leipzig: Saur. p. 607.
ISBN3-598-22751-5.
Abraham Blooteling (or Bloteling) (1634–1690)[1] was a Dutch designer and
engraver.
Life
He was born at
Amsterdam. From the style of his etchings it is likely that he was a pupil of the
Visschers. Following the
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.[2]
Blooteling produced a large number of etchings, some line engravings,[2] and also worked in
mezzotint, 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.[3]
In 1685 he published the collection of gems of
Leonardo Agostini, 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, who also lived on
Prinsengracht.[2]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Bryan, Michael (1886).
"Blooteling, Abraham". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
Lechner, Gregor M. (1995). "Bloteling (Blooteling), Abraham". In Kasten, Eberhard; et al. (eds.). Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (in German). Vol. 11. München, Leipzig: Saur. p. 607.
ISBN3-598-22751-5.