Jan Luyken
Johannes or Jan Luyken (April 16, 1649 – April 5, 1712) was a Dutch poet, illustrator, and engraver.[1]
Biography
He was born and died in Amsterdam, where he learned engraving from his father Kaspar Luyken.[1] He married at 19 and had several children, of who Kasparus Luiken also became a renowned engraver.[1] He had a religious experience at age 26 that inspired him to write moralistic poetry.[1]
Works
He illustrated the 1685 edition of the Martyrs Mirror with 104 copper etchings. Thirty of these plates survive and are part of The Mirror of the Martyrs exhibit.[2]
He also published Het Menselyk Bedryf ("The Book of Trades") in 1694, which contains numerous engravings, by Luiken and his son Caspar (Caspaares), of 17th-century trades.
Cultural references
Joris-Karl Huysmans' anti-hero Des Esseintes in À rebours was an admirer of Luyken's engravings and had prints from his Religious Persecutions hung in his drawing room. He described them as "appalling engravings containing all the tortures that the madness of religion could devise." Des Esseintes was enthralled not just by Luyken's graphic depictions but his ability to reconstruct times and places in his works.
Gallery
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Jesus the teacher. Jan Luyken etching. Bowyer Bible.gif
Jesus the Teacher
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Jan Luyken's Jesus 27. Caiaphas. Phillip Medhurst Collection.jpg
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Zware mishandeling van christenslaven door de Turken, Jan Luyken, 1684.jpg
Serious mistreatment of Christian slaves by the Turks
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Turk en geestelijke met christenslaven, Jan Luyken, 1684.jpg
Turk and clergyman with Christian slaves (1684)
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Cruelty shah Safi, Jan Luyken- Sahand Ace.jpg
The Cruelty of Shah Safi (1697)
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Anne Boleyn's Execution by Jan Luyken.jpg
Anne Boleyn's Execution
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Alexander Farnese trout met Maria princesse van Portugal (Jan Luyken, 1720) (cropped).png
Alexander Farnese marries Maria Princess of Portugal (1720)
Notes
External links
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- Works by Jan Luyken at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
