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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).
Colette van den Keere (1568–1629) - engraver, daughter of foundry artist Hendrik van den Keere; Anna Roemersdr. Visscher (1584–1652) - artist, poet, translator, glass engraver. Anna Tymansdr. Steyn (1589–1618) - calligrapher [7] Maria Tesselschade Visscher (1594–1649) - poet and glass engraver. Clara Peeters (fl. 1607–1621) Born in ...
This is an incomplete list of Flemish painters, with place and date of birth and death, sorted by patronymic, and grouped according to century of birth. It includes painters such as Rubens from (or mostly active in) the Southern Netherlands , which is approximately the area of modern Flanders and modern Wallonia.
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.
For artists born and active in the Southern Netherlands, see the List of Flemish painters. The artists are sorted by century and then alphabetically by last name. In general, artists are included that are mentioned at the ArtCyclopedia [1] website, in the Grove Dictionary of Art, [2] and/or whose paintings regularly sell for over $20,000 at ...
It was reportedly based on The Feast of the Gods, a 17th century painting by Dutch artist Jan Harmensz van Biljert that hangs in the Magnin Museum, in Dijon, eastern France. The painting depicts ...
The first volume appeared in 1718, and was followed by the second volume in 1719, the year Houbraken died. The third and last volume was published posthumously by Houbraken's wife and children in 1721. This work is considered to be a very important source of information on 17th-century artists of the Netherlands.