Caspar Luyken Explained

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.^{[2] [3]}

In 1699 he moved to Nuremberg to work with Christoph Weigel the Elder.^[4] He stayed there until 1705. He published his Gallery of Late 17th-century Costume there in 1703.^[5] In 1708 Jan and Caspar Luyken illustrated Weigel's Historiae Celebriores Veteris Testamenti Iconibus Representatae.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Caspar Luyken . . 13 September 2023.
2. Book: Antal . Frederick . Hogarth and his Place in European Art . 2022 . . 143 . 13 September 2023.
3. Book: Payne . Christiana . A Cultural History of Work in the Age of Enlightenment . 2020 . . 42 . 13 September 2023 . Picturing Work.
4. Book: Gallery of Late-Seventeenth-Century Costume: 100 Engravings . 2013 . . iii . 13 September 2023 . Publisher's Note.
5. Book: Beasley . Faith E. . Versailles Meets the Taj Mahal: François Bernier, Marguerite de la Sablière, and Enlightening Conversations in Seventeenth-Century France . 2018 . . 321 . 13 September 2023.
6. Book: Adam . Gottfried . Thumb Bibles: The History of a Literary Genre . 2022 . . 92 . 13 September 2023.