Frederik Bouttats the Younger
Illustration — Portrait of David Ryckaert III from Het Gulden Cabinet. Frederik Bouttats was an engraver born in Antwerp about the year 1620, where he died in 1676. He engraved several plates after his own designs, principally portraits, and some after other masters.
Also recorded as Frederik, II Bouttats · Frants Buttats · Frederick Bouttats · Frederick Bouttast Jr.
Frederik Bouttats the Younger

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- Born
- 1620 · Antwerp.
- Died
- 1676 · Antwerp.
- Nationality
- Southern Netherlands
- Occupation
- painter · printmaker · art dealer · copper engraver · draftsperson
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Portrait of David Ryckaert III from Het Gulden Cabinet. Frederik Bouttats was an engraver born in Antwerp about the year 1620, where he died in 1676. He engraved several plates after his own designs, principally portraits, and some after other masters.
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Born at Antwerp in 1620, died in Antwerp in 1676.
The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Antwerp. Work by Frederik Bouttats the Younger is recorded in the collections of Museo del Prado, Bavarian State Painting Collections, City Castle Zaltbommel, Ackland Art Museum and Rijksmuseum.

Alcmene giving birth to Hercules surrounded by attendants: in the background a woman is hitting another over the head with a stone. Line engraving by F. Bouttats the younger., by Frederik Bouttats the Younger
Frederik Bouttats the Younger · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
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