Jan Luyken (1649-1712) - The Plague of the Sores

A large, impressive etching.

It is amazing how Luycken etched literally hundreds of persons in vivid positions in his larger work. This must have been a very ambitious project.

Sesde Plague of Egypt. God smites Men and Cattle with evil Sores.
On a square in front of the temple where the pharaoh stands, Moses throws up ashes amid a crowd of people. People scratch themselves and show each other their affected limbs. The print is a representation of the sixth plague that God brought upon Egypt.

Print made by: Jan Luyken (1649-1712) in 1708.
Published by J Covens and C. Pieter Mortier
Plate from the third edition of "Icones Biblicæ"

Reference:
Van Eeghen 3705

Large etching on the full sheet with good margins.. On a sheet of laid paper with original flattened middle fold. Good impression.

Jan Luycken (1649-1712)
Amsterdam born artist, engraver and poet Jan Luyken (1649-1712). Very important etcher in the period after Rembrandt. His artistry is distinguished by its clarity and detail. Jan Luyken was born in Amsterdam on April 16, 1649, into a family that had become Mennonites shortly before his birth. His father was a schoolteacher and writer. He was nineteen years old when his father died and then began to study painting at the studio of Martins Saeghmolen. Although Luyken became a fine painter, he eventually concentrated solely on being an engraver.