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Bowyer Bible Volume 1 Print 7. Portrait of Jan Luyken. Bronen
Jan Luyken from the Bowyer Bible

Johannes or Jan Luyken (16 April 1649 – 5 April 1712) was a Dutch poet, illustrator, and engraver.

Biography

Lusthof des Gemoeds - Jan Philipsz Schabaalje 1714
Jan Luiken made the engravings for the popular "sailor's bible" called "Lusthof des Gemoeds", by Jan Philipsz Schabaalje, 1714
Turfschip Breda
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. He was a child prodigy.

Luyken married at 19 and had several children, including renowned engraver Caspar Luyken. At age 26 Luyken converted to the Mennonite church, which inspired him to write moralistic poetry.

Works

Luyken illustrated the 1685 edition of the Martyrs Mirror with 104 copper etchings. Thirty of these plates survive and were part of The Mirror of the Martyrs exhibit.

He also published Het Menselyk Bedryf ("The Book of Trades") in 1694, which contains numerous engravings of 17th-century trades by Luiken and his son Caspar (Caspaares).

Gallery

  • Jesus the teacher. Jan Luyken etching. Bowyer Bible

    Jesus the Teacher

  • Zware mishandeling van christenslaven door de Turken, Jan Luyken, 1684

    Serious mistreatment of Christian slaves by the Turks

  • Turk en geestelijke met christenslaven, Jan Luyken, 1684

    Turk and clergyman with Christian slaves (1684)

  • Cruelty shah Safi, Jan Luyken- Sahand Ace

    The Cruelty of Shah Safi (1697)

  • Anne Boleyn's Execution by Jan Luyken

    Anne Boleyn's Execution

  • Alexander Farnese trout met Maria princesse van Portugal (Jan Luyken, 1720) (cropped)

    Alexander Farnese marries Maria Princess of Portugal (1720)

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