Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling)
(1640-1690), Engraver, draughtsman and print publisherArtist associated with 69 portraits
Abraham Blooteling, a pupil of Van Dalen, was a portrait engraver. However, his major contribution was in the development of the new technique of mezzotint, specifically, the invention of the rocker, the tool used in the technique. He introduced the mezzotint into England, where the technique was adopted with such success that it later became known as the 'English Manner'.
by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Mary Beale
line engraving, (circa 1670)
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Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds ('Lord Danby')
by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Sir Peter Lely
line engraving, circa 1670-1690
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Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds ('Lord Danby')
by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Sir Peter Lely
line engraving, circa 1670-1690
NPG D5040
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds ('Lord Danby')
by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Sir Peter Lely
line engraving, circa 1670-1690
NPG D5041
by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, before 1680 (circa 1666)
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Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Sandwich
by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Sir Peter Lely
line engraving, 1670s
NPG D18605
by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Mary Beale
line engraving, (circa 1670)
NPG D19054
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds ('Lord Danby')
by and published by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Sir Peter Lely
engraving, circa 1670-1690
NPG D19062
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds ('Lord Danby')
by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling)
engraving, circa 1670-1690
NPG D19537
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Sandwich
by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Sir Peter Lely
line engraving, 1670s
NPG D20982
by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Sir Peter Lely
line engraving, circa 1672-1690 (1672)
NPG D29582
by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Sir Peter Lely
line engraving, circa 1672-1690 (1672)
NPG D34304
by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), published by John Lloyd
mezzotint, circa 1672-1673
NPG D42382
by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Sir Peter Lely
line engraving, circa 1672-1690 (1672)
NPG D6959
by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Sir Peter Lely
engraving, (circa 1672)
NPG D19104
by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Sir Peter Lely
engraving, circa 1672-1690 (1672)
NPG D20006
by and published by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1673-1685
NPG D32751
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after John Greenhill
line engraving, 1673 (circa 1672-1673)
NPG D40659
by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1673-1690
NPG D11902
Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg
by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Mary Beale
line engraving, 1676
NPG D28406
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Erika Monahan
03 May 2019, 14:46
Perhaps I can suggest 2 more portraits that Bloteling might have painted.
http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/retroboeken/witsen/english_illustrations.html
The first has been suggested by other historians--that Boteling painted Nicolaas Witsen.
Scholarship reports that Witsen commissioned Bloteling to paint or make an engraving of Regent Sophia Alekseevna from another image he was shown.