Caspar Luyken (18 December 1672 – 4 October 1708) was a Dutch illustrator and engraver. He was the son of
Jan Luyken
Johannes or Jan Luyken (April 16, 1649 – April 5, 1712) was a Dutch poet, illustrator, and engraving, engraver.[Amsterdam
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, and produced ''
Het Menselyk Bedryf'' ("The Book of Trades") with his father in 1694.
In 1699 he moved to
Nuremberg
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to work with
Christoph Weigel the Elder. He stayed there until 1705.
He published his ''Gallery of Late 17th-century Costume'' there in 1703. In 1708 Jan and Caspar Luyken illustrated Weigel's ''Historiae Celebriores Veteris Testamenti Iconibus Representatae''.
References
1672 births
1708 deaths
Engravers from Amsterdam
Dutch Golden Age printmakers
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