Jan Luyken

from the Spanish in 1590 He was born and died in Amsterdam, where he learned engraving from his father Kaspar Luyken. 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). ==Cultural references==

Joris-Karl Huysmans' anti-hero Des Esseintes in À rebours was an admirer of Luyken's engravings and had prints from his Religious Persecutions hung in his boudoir. He described them as "a collection of appalling plates displaying all the tortures which religious fanaticism has invented." Des Esseintes was enthralled not just by Luyken's graphic depictions, but also his ability to reconstruct times and places in his works. == Gallery ==

File:Jesus the teacher. Jan Luyken etching. Bowyer Bible.gif|Jesus the Teacher File:Jan Luyken's Jesus 27. Caiaphas. Phillip Medhurst Collection.jpg|Caiaphas File:Zware mishandeling van christenslaven door de Turken, Jan Luyken, 1684.jpg|Serious mistreatment of Christian slaves by the Turks File:Turk en geestelijke met christenslaven, Jan Luyken, 1684.jpg|Turk and clergyman with Christian slaves (1684) File:Cruelty shah Safi, Jan Luyken- Sahand Ace.jpg|The Cruelty of Shah Safi (1697) File:Anne Boleyn's Execution by Jan Luyken.jpg|''Anne Boleyn's Execution'' File:Alexander Farnese trout met Maria princesse van Portugal (Jan Luyken, 1720) (cropped).png|Alexander Farnese marries Maria Princess of Portugal (1720) ==Notes==