Arnold van Westerhout (1651–1725) 

• Was a Flemish printmaker, painter, draughtsman, publisher and printer.
• Arnold van Westerhout was born in Antwerp.

• As he showed a talent for drawing at a young age, his father placed him in apprenticeship with Alexander Goetiers.

• He became a master of the Guild in the guild year 1673–1674 and was registered as a painter.

• Arnold allegedly worked from 1665 to 1673 in Prague in the studio of his older brother Alexander.

• While in Antwerp Arnold worked mainly as a draughtsman and as an engraver. 

• Van Westerhout had left Antwerp and was residing in Venice in 1679. 

• By 1681 van Westerhout had left Venice and was living in Rome. • Here he is recorded as living in the residence of the Dutch painter and engraver Cornelis Bloemaert.

• Cornelis Bloemaert named him the executor of his will.

• Not long after moving to Rome, van Westerhout was able to become one of the city's most prominent engravers. 

• One of his biggest assignments was the engraved illustrations of Giovanni Ciampini's Vetera Monimenta.

• Van Westerhout cut the engravings after drawings by Giovanni Battista Lenardi. 

• Arnold was married twice in Italy.

• In Florence he married Angela de Pulco from Cittâ di Castello and in Rome he married Magdalena Antonini.

• He died in Rome on 18 April 1725. 

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