Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert

Name
Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert
Date of birth
circa 1586
Place of birth
Bolsward/Friesland/Netherlands
Date of death
1659
Place of death
Antwerp/Belgium
Gender
Male
Biography
Schelte Bolswert (Bolsward c. 1586-Antwerp 1659) was the brother and probably the pupil of Boetius Bolswert (c. 1580-1633) in Amsterdam (by 1609). His early prints were after artists such as David Vinckboons, Gillis van Coninxloo III and Abraham Bloemaert. By 1617 he was in Antwerp where he worked for the famous publishers Plantin-Moretus. He became a Master in the Guild of St Luke in Antwerp in 1625-6. His work was primarily religious in subject.