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Jan Luiken made the engravings for the popular "sailor's bible" called "Lusthof des Gemoeds", by Jan Philipsz Schabaalje, 1714 Jan Luyken's print of the peat boat used as a ruse by the Dutch to gain possession of Breda from the Spanish in 1590. He was born and died in Amsterdam, where he learned engraving from his father Kaspar Luyken. [1]
Het Menselyk Bedryf ("The Book of Trades") is an emblem book of 100 engravings by Jan Luyken and his son Caspar published in 1694, illustrating various trades in Amsterdam during the Dutch Golden Age. The majority of the trades shown are from the textile industry (12), followed by marine pursuits (8).
The 1685 edition of the book is illustrated with 104 copper etchings by Jan Luyken. Thirty-one of these plates survive and are part of the Mirror of the Martyrs exhibit at Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas. [3] Two of the copper plates are located at the Muddy Creek Farm Library [4] established by Amos B. Hoover in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. [5]
Caspar Luyken (18 December 1672 – 4 October 1708) was a Dutch illustrator and engraver. He was the son of Jan Luyken with whom he collaborated extensively. [1] Luyken worked mostly in Amsterdam, and produced Het Menselyk Bedryf ("The Book of Trades") with his father in 1694. [2] [3] In 1699 he moved to Nuremberg to work with Christoph Weigel ...
Engraving by Jan Luyken from the 1685 Martyrs Mirror. Jan Woutersz van Cuyck (or Kuik) (ca. 1540–1572) was a Dutch Renaissance painter from Dordrecht. He became famous as a Mennonite martyr of the Protestant Reformation who was executed in 1572. His heart-rending letters from prison were published in the Martyrs Mirror.
The Parable of the Rich Fool by Rembrandt, 1627.. The Parable of the Rich Fool is a parable of Jesus which appears in the Gospel of Luke.It depicts the futility of the belief that wealth can secure prosperity or a good life.
Etching by Jan Luyken illustrating the parable, from the Bowyer Bible.. The Parable of the Mustard Seed is one of the shorter parables of Jesus.It appears in Matthew (13:31–32), Mark (4:30–32), and Luke (13:18–19).
Jan Luyken: the invitation, Bowyer Bible. Jan Luyken: the man without a wedding garment, Bowyer Bible.. The Parable of the Great Banquet or the Wedding Feast or the Marriage of the King's Son is a parable told by Jesus in the New Testament, found in Matthew 22:1–14 [1] and Luke 14:15–24.