Luiken / Luyken,Jan & Kasper.

De mandemaaker.

Ets Amsterdam, Jan Roman, 1749. 16 x 10 cm.Uit: Spiegel van het menselyk bedryf, Vertoonende honderd verscheiden Ambachten, Konstig afgebeeld, En met godlyke spreuken en stichtelyke verzen verrykt, door Jan en Kasper Luiken. [54208]

Rob Kok Old Books & PrintsProfessional seller

Book number: 54208

Luyken, Jan (1649-1712) and Luyken, Caspar (1672-1708)

Antique print/originele prent: De Mandemaaker/The Basket Maker.

In 1694 the Amsterdam artists Jan and Casper Luyken published their celebrated 'Het menselyk bedryf' (Amsterdam, Jan and Casper Luyken, 1694), a collection of one hundred fine engravings depicting the arts and crafts. Jan Luyken (1649-1712) belonged to the best engravers of the period. His son Casper (1672-1708) assisted with the making of the prints, each depicting a particular occupation, with the name of the profession, one or two explanatory lines above the plate and followed by a six-line poem below. The book was an instant success and was reprinted many times up to 1767, using the same engraved plates over and over again, although the originals included engraved captions and poems were cut from the plates. Even in 1822, the worn copper plates were used one more time as illustrations for J.A.C. Lohr's 'Kunst en vernuft'. Other printers and booksellers tried to gain profit from the popular bestseller as well. The first of many pirated editions asppeared as soon as 1695.The prints we offer from Jan and Casper Luyken all date back to an early eigteenth-century edition of 'Het menselyk bedryf'. Original copper engraving on paper, 1718; ca. 147 x 85 mm, with passe-partout 270 x 205 mm; yellowed with foxing.

Antiquariaat Arine van der SteurProfessional seller

Book number: 63821

Keywords: Crafts|Professions

LUYKEN, J. AND C.,

De Mandemaaker

Etching, 1694, 1614x9,5cm, depicting a Mandemaaker (basket maker), from 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). The book follows the moralist contemporary style of the then hugely popular emblem books of Jacob Cats, containing a moralistic poem per trade.

Antiquariaat GoltziusProfessional seller

Book number: 66713

Catalogue: Prints