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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]
Visual arts in Sri Lanka refers to a variety of visual art forms, including as painting, drawing, sculpture architecture and other visual arts from the ancient time to modern Sri Lanka. The history of visual art of Sri Lanka has long history, starting from the 2nd or 3rd century BC to the present day.
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).
Sri Lankan artists (19 C) Sri Lankan art by type (1 C) + ... History of art in Sri Lanka (1 C, 1 P) M. Sri Lankan art movements (1 P) Art museums and galleries in Sri ...
Classification: People: By occupation: Artists: By nationality: Sri Lankan Also: Sri Lanka : People : By occupation : Artists Wikimedia Commons has media related to Artists from Sri Lanka .
Sri Lanka's foreign minister said Monday that his country welcomes the Netherlands' plan to return hundreds of colonial-era artifacts — including a bejeweled, ceremonial cannon — and said the ...
Kandyan era frescoes are mural paintings created during the Kingdom of Kandy (1469–1815) in Sri Lanka, a time when kings gave a special place to arts and literature. As there was a political instability in Sri Lanka after the Anuradhapura Era , which lasted more than 500 years, kings didn't take much effort to build up the religious side of ...
17th-century establishments in Sri Lanka (2 P) P. 17th-century Sri Lankan people (1 C, 4 P) Portuguese Ceylon (4 C, 12 P) Pages in category "17th century in Sri Lanka"