[Ruetger; Roetger] (b ?Prague, ?c. 1585–95; d ?after 1645). German cabinetmaker and engraver. He is recorded as a journeyman joiner in Cologne in 1615 and as resident in Düsseldorf c. 1630. He may be credited with essentially three works, each issued in several versions and editions. The first, Architectur, nach antiquitetischer Lehr und geometrischer Ausstheilung: Seulen Termen Bochg (Cologne, 1610), includes copper engravings based on woodcuts from Hans Blum’s Quinque columnarum exacta descriptio … (1550). A later, large-format engraving (1627; Hollstein, nos 1–25) published by Kassmann presents the five orders of Classical architecture according to Blum, as seen in the 1610 edition. The second, Kassmann’s first largely independent work, Architectura Lehr Seiulen-Bochg. Nach reichtier Mas und Semeitrei Austeilung deir Funf Sulen Tuscana, Dorica, Jonica, Corintica, Composita Gar Fleisichg Auss dien Antiquitettien Giezogien … (Cologne, 1615), has column orders again based on Blum, but its portals, fountains, fireplaces, tombs and ornaments (chiefly scrollwork) follow those of Wendel Dietterlin and Gabriel Krammer. A new version (Cologne, ...