Abraham Blooteling (or Bloteling ) (1634–1690) was a Dutch designer and engraver.
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.
Blooteling produced a large number of etchings, some line engravings, 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.
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.
Thomas Sydenham, Bishop of Worcester ; after Mrs Beale.John Wilkins , Bishop of ChesterAnthony, Earl of Shaftesbury ; after Greenhill .Edward, Earl of Sandwich ; after Lely .Edward, Earl of Montagu ; after the same.James, Duke of Monmouth ; after the same.Cornelis Tromp , Admiral of HollandPrince Rupert Aert van Nes , Admiral of HollandConstantijn Huygen Netscher .John Henry Thim ; A. Stech pinx.Jerome de Beverningh ; after Vaillant .Willem van Haren ; after the same. 1680.Egbert Meesz Kortenaer The Marquis de Mirabelle ; after Van Dyck .Ferdinand de Fürstenberg, Bishop of Paderborn ; A. Blotelinq sc. 1669.Michel Adriaensz de Euyter, Admiral ; Bloteling fec. aqua forti.Sir Thomas More , Lord High Chancellor .Edward Stillingfleet , Canon of St. Paul'sHenry, Duke of Norfolk . 1678.Jane, Duchess of Norfolk . 1681.Augustus Stellingwerf, Admiral of Friesland. Cornelis de Wit , Vice Admiral of Holland.Tierck Hides de Fries, Admiral of Friesland. Cornelis Speelman , Vice Admiral.Various subjects after his own designs and other masters Twelve Views of Gardens ; inscribed Alcune Vedute, etc . Eighteen circular plates of subjects of sacred history, with flowers; A. Bloteling fec. A Landscape, with Diana bathing ; J. van Neck pinx.; A. Bloteling exc.A Landscape, with Alpheus and Arethusa ; the same.Six Views of the Environs of Amsterdam ; Jac. Ruisdael inv.; A. Bloteling fee. 1670. Actaeon devoured by his Dogs ; G. Flink pinx.A Shepherd playing on his Pipe, with a Shepherdess ; after the same.The Golden Age ; G. Lairesse pinx.; N. Visscher exc.The Marriage of St. Catharine ; after Raphael .Two Heads of Children ; after Rubens ; rare; some impressions have the name of Rubens. The Study of the Head of a Man ; after Rubens; A. Bloteling fec. et exc; rare.Four Studies of Lions ; after Rubens; inscribed Varice Leonum Icones, a P. P. Two Huntings of the Boar and Stag ; fine. Justus Lipsius Michelangelo Buonarroti ; A. Bloteling fec.Frans Mieris , painted by himselfJan de Wit, Grand Pensionary of Holland ; after De Baan.Cornelis de Wit Staverinus, an old Jew, holding a Medal : Corn. Bega pinx.Titus Oates Hawker pinx.Desiderius Erasmus ; H. Holbein pinx, 1671.Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington Charles, Earl of Derby ; after the same. (pictured)Abraham Symmonds , an artist ; after the same.Queen Catharine ; after the same. (pictured)William Henry, Prince of Orange Nell Gwyn Mary of Modena , Duchess of YorkCornelis Tromp, Admiral of Holland ; after the same.Michiel Adriensz de Ruijter, Admiral of Holland ; J. Lievens pinx.The Emperor Leopold I ; C. Morad pinx.Henry Casimir, Prince of Nassau Portrait of a Venetian Lady ; Titiano inv.Constantijn Huygens ; B. Valliant pinx.Jan de Oronefeld ; after the same.Various subjects from his own designs and other masters The Five Senses ; after C. Bega.The Four Ages ; circular; after the same.Hercules destroying the monster ; G. Lairesse pinx.St. Peter penitent ; after P. Moreels.A Landscape, with mythological figures ; F. de Neve pinx.The Temptation of St. Anthony ; Cam. Procaccini pinx.A Man holding a glass ; Rostrate pinx.Bust of a Man ; circular.Bust of a young Man crowned with laurels ; circular.Bust of Hippolyta ; oval.Two Heads, with Phrygian and Grecian Head-dresses ; one plate.The Satyr, and a Peasant ; oval.Vanitas , a Child blowing bubbles.Abundance , a figure sitting.The head of a Vestal, crowned with roses .Small bust of Jupiter ; circular.Small bust of Venus ; same.Half length of a Boy holding a Cat . Cupid and Psyche .A Blind Man playing on the Flute .Andromeda .
