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Scene from Tanah “Joseph werd door zijne Broeders verkocht” Orig. copper Engraving, by Jan Luyken, 1747 - Scene from Tanah “Joseph werd door zijne Broeders verkocht” Orig. copper Engraving, by Jan Luyken, 1747 Joseph werd door zijne Broeders verkocht, Gen: XXXVIII.v.27. Artist: Jan Luyken Engraver: F. Houttuyn. Image Size: 34 x 45 cm. (13.3 x 17.7 inches) Size with fields: 47.5 x 59.8. (18.7 x 23.5 inches) Condition: couple of small tears to top and bottom Description: Joseph who was sold by his own brothers as a slave and was purchased by Potiphar, a captain of the guard of Pharaoh to Egypt. 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).