Christian Friedrich Boetius Explained

Christian Friedrich Boetius
Birth Date:	1 April 1706
Birth Place:	Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Death Place:	Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Nationality:	German
Occupation:	Engraver

Christian Friedrich Boetius (or Boece; 1 April 1706 – 13 December 1782) was a German engraver.

Born at Leipzig, he was a pupil of Paul Christian Zink and C. A. Wartmann, and resided chiefly at Dresden, where he was made professor of the Electoral Academy in 1764. He engraved several of the plates for the Dresden Gallery, some portraits, and various other subjects. He died at Dresden in 1782. The following are among his best prints:

• Landscape with a Monument; after Bartholomeus Breenbergh.
• La Notte; after Antonio da Correggio.
• The Meyer Madonna; after Hans Holbein the Younger (one of his best works).
• Landscape with a Cow and Sheep; after Karel du Jardin.
• A Woman holding a Pot with Coals, and a Boy blowing; after Peter Paul Rubens.
• Sportsmen at the Door of an Inn; after Philips Wouwerman.
• Interior of an Inn; after Thomas Wijck.
• The Portrait of Boetius; in imitation of a chalk drawing. 1771.
• Portrait of Charles Hutin; the same.
• Portrait of Anton Raphael Mengs; the same.
• Portrait of Giovanni Battista Casanova: the same. (pictured)