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 Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684 (circa 1666)
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by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint
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by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Sir Peter Lely
line engraving
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Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich
by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Sir Peter Lely
engraving, 1660s
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by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Gerard de Lairesse
mezzotint, circa 1670-1690
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by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Gerard de Lairesse
mezzotint, circa 1670-1690
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by and published by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1678
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James Scott, Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch
published by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Sir Peter Lely
line engraving, circa 1680
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by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint
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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.