Abraham Blooteling

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.

[2] Blooteling produced a large number of etchings, some line engravings,[2] 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.

[3] In 1685 he published the collection of gems of Leonardo Agostini, etched by himself.

Bloteling was a bachelor and a friend of Gerard de Lairesse, who also lived on Prinsengracht.