oa Johann-Baptist Berterham. Un graveur prolifique au service de l’édition bruxelloise autour de 1700

The acts of the conference conclude with a contribution on the illustrator and engraver Johann-Baptist Bertheram, which sheds a light on the transitions in the print making business in the Netherlands on the eve of the 18^th century. Like many of his collegues, Bertheram produced mainly vignets and small illustrations for books. He especially collaborated with book publishers in Brussels, such as Eugène-Henri Frickx and François Foppens. In the course of the 17^th century Brussels publishers tried to develop their production and trade of books and succeeded in positioning themselves as a publishing town next to Antwerp. Bertheram maintained contact with the painter Richard van Orley, whose designs he usually translated into prints.