FRUYTIERS, PHILIP (fi. 1627-1666), Flemish painter and engraver, entered the Antwerp gild of painters in 1631. He is described in the register of that institution as "illuminator, painter and engraver." He worked exclusively in water colours, "yet was so remarkable in this branch of his art for arrangement, drawing, and especially for force and clearness of colour, as to excite the admiration of Rubens, whom he portrayed with all his family." Unhappily no undoubted production of his hand has been preserved. All that we can point to with certainty is a series of etched plates, chiefly portraits. Some beautiful minia tures on vellum may possibly be attributed to Fruytiers.