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Jan Luyken
Dutch engraver (1649–1712)
Johannes or Jan Luyken (16 April 1649 – 5 April 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 was a child prodigy.[2]
Luyken married at 19 and had several children, including renowned engraver Caspar Luyken.[1] At age 26 Luyken converted to the Mennonite church, which inspired him to write moralistic poetry.[1]
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.[3]
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).
Cultural references
Joris-Karl Huysmans' anti-hero Des Esseintes in À rebours wa
