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Scene from Tanah “Het Loof-hutten-Feeft ” Orig. copper Engraving, by Jan Luyken, ca.1720 - Scene from Tanah “Het Loof-hutten-Feeft ” Orig. copper Engraving, by Jan Luyken, ca.1720 Artist: Jan Luyken Engraver: J.Covens & C.Mortier Image Size: 34 x 43 cm. (13.3 x 16.9 inches) Size with fields: 43.5 x 50.5 cm. (17.1 x 19.8 inches) Condition: light brown paper and some stains to the fields; small tears to top and bottom Description: This Day is Holy. And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. Johannes or Jan Luyken (16 April 1649 – 5 April 1712) was a Dutch poet, illustrator, and engraver He was born and died in Amsterdam, where he learned engraving from his father Kaspar Luyken.[1] He was a child prodigy.[2] Luyken married at 19 and had several children, including renowned engraver Caspar Luyken.[1] At age 26 Luyken converted to the Mennonite church, which inspired him to write moralistic poetry.[1] Luyken illustrated the 1685 edition of the Martyrs Mirror with 104 copper etchings. Thirty of these plates survive and were part of The Mirror of the Martyrs exhibit.[3] He also published Het Menselyk Bedryf (”The Book of Trades”) in 1694, which contains numerous engravings of 17th-century trades by Luiken and his son Caspar (Caspaares).