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Scene from Tanah “De Ontmoeting van Jacob en Esau” Orig. copper Engraving, by Jan Luyken, 1747 - Scene from Tanah “De Ontmoeting van Jacob en Esau” Orig. copper Engraving, by Jan Luyken, 1747 De Ontmoeting van Jacob en Esau (The Meeting of Jacob and Esau) Artist: Jan Luyken Engraver: F. Houttuyn. Image Size: 33 x 43 cm. (12.9 x 16.9 inches) Size with fields: 48 x 60 cm. (18.8 x 23.6 inches) Condition: two small tears to top and bottom in the middle Description: Jacob Meets Esau And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. 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).