Frederik Bouttats the Elder

He was a pupil of the painter and art dealer Matthijs Willenhoudt he is mentioned as an apprentice.

[2] He married Machteld (Mathilde) van de Wouwere, with whom he had one child, Frederik, who followed in his father's footsteps.

After the death of his wife on 8 January 1629 he married Maria de Weerdt, with whom he had 8 children.

[2] His pupils were his sons Frederik, Jaeckes vander Vloet, Joris Herteborst and Frederick Hendrick van den Hove.

[3] Bouttats was mainly a reproductive artist who made prints after paintings and designs of prominent painters of his time and engraved portraits.