Gerard Bouttats

[4] He was a half-brother of Frederik the Younger and brother of Gaspar, Jacob and possibly Philibert the Elder who all became printmakers.

[2][5][6][7] There is no record of Jacob being registered as a pupil or master at the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke.

In Vienna he worked on various publication projects often in cooperation with other artists and publishers from Flanders and the Dutch Republic.

[3] He was the engraver of the frontispiece and 50 imperial busts included in Nicola Avancini's Imperium Romano-Germanicum, a Carolo Magno Primo Romano-Germanico Caesare, per Quadraginta Novem Imperatores et Germaniae Reges, et ex his per XIV published in Vienna in 1658 (Typis Matthiae Cosmerovii).

Th event was directed by Alessandro Carducci, with floats designed by Carlo Pasetti and a text written by Francesco Sbarra.

The book was published in 1667 in Vienna under the title Sieg-Streit Deß Lufft vnd Wassers ('Fight between air and water').

Bouttats designed and engraved some of the prints, including those depicting in detail the floats and a grotto, that were especially created by Carlo Pasetti for the festival.

[15] He also created a series of prints representing the martyrdom of Catholic missionaries in the colonies.