Jacob Folkema (18 August 1692 – 3 February 1767), a Dutch designer and engraver, was born and died at

Dokkum Dokkum is a Dutch fortified city in the municipality of Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland. It has 12,669 inhabitants (February 8, 2020). The fortifications of Dokkum are well preserved and are known as the ''bolwerken'' (bulwarks). ...

, in

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. He was first instructed by his father, Johann Jakob Folkema, a goldsmith, and studied afterwards under

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at Amsterdam. During that time he worked for

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's ''Bible'', 1712, and Ruysch's ''Anatomy'', 1737. Folkema was also an excellent engraver in

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. He had a sister, Anna Folkema, who painted miniatures, assisted her brother, and engraved some few plates. She was born in 1695, and died in 1768. By Jakob Folkema there are, among others, the following plates: *''An Emblematical Print on the Death of the Prince of Orange.'' *''Time discovering the Bust of F. Rabelais, with figures and satirical and emblematical attributes.'' *''The Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul''; after

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. *Several plates for the

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; after Le Brun and Niccolò dell'Abbate.

Portraits

*''Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra''; after C. Kort. *''Johannes Ens, Professor of Theology at Utrecht''; after Colla. *''Petrus de Maestricht, Professor of Theology at Frankfort''; after the same. *''Humphrey Prideaux, Dean of Norwich''; after Seeman. *''Suethlagius, Pastor at Amsterdam''; after Anna Folkema. File:Jacob Folkema - Feest ter eere van't gulde Kalf.jpg, ''The Idolatry of the Golden Calf'', dated around 1750, in collection of the

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. File:Cervantes-jaco folkema-1768-Amsterdam-Merkus-01-001-p.jpg, Portrait of Miguel de Vervantes, 1768 File:Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Dresden) Galeriewerk Heineken 060.jpg, Virgin with child and four saints, after

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, ca. 1750, in the

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References

* 1692 births 1767 deaths Dutch engravers People from Dokkum {{Netherlands-artist-stub