Frederik Bloemaert

Frederick of Utrecht, engraving from ca. 1630

Frederik Bloemaert (ca 1614 11 June 1690)[1] was a Dutch printmaker and draftsman.

Bloemart was born and died in Utrecht. He was the second son of Abraham Bloemaert and distinguished himself as an engraver. He learned the art from his father, and was chiefly occupied in engraving after his designs. We have a number of etchings by him as well as prints in chiaroscuro. His principal work was a drawing-book, containing 173 plates, engraved from the designs of his father. He also executed a few plates entirely with the graver. His prints are sometimes signed A. Bloem. inv. F. B. filius fecit, and sometimes F. B. The following are principally after his father's designs:

Saint Odulphus, engraving from ca. 1630 after a painting by Abraham Bloemaert.

References

This article incorporates text from the article "BLOEMAERT, Frederik" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.

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