Jan Luyken, “Killing the Followers of Baal”, c.1700

Jan Luyken (aka Johannes Luyken; Jan Luijken) (1649–1712)

“Killing the Followers of Baal”, c.1700, Illustration to the fourth volume of David and Willem Goeree’s (1635–1711) “Mosaize historie der Hebreeuwse kerke …” (Mosaic history of the Hebrew church …), inserted at page 646, published in Amsterdam in 1700.

Etching on laid paper with the three gatefolds of publication flattened with a backing sheet.

Size: (sheet) 32.2 x 55.4 cm; (image borderline) 28 x 54 cm.

Lettered below the image borderline: (centre) “Moses doet de Bel-hamels, der gener die met de Dogtersder Moabiten gehoereed, en zig aan Baal-Peor gekoppeld hadden; voor de Sonne op-hangen, en veel vande rest door de Rigters ter dood brengen. Num. XXV.”; (right) 4 Deel P. 646.”

([transl.] Moses causes the Bel-hamels, who had committed fornication with the daughters of Moab, and had joined themselves to Baal-peor, to be hanged before the sun; and many of the rest were put to death by the judges. Num. [The Book of Numbers—the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible] XXV. Volume 4, page 646.)

Van Eeghen 2626 (Pieter van Eeghen & Johan Philip van der Kellen 1905, “Het werk van Jan en Casper Luyken”, Amsterdam, Frederik Muller & Co., vol. 2, p. 489, cat. no. 2626).

Van Eeghen (1905) offers the following description of this print: (transl.) “​​Moses hangs the Bel-hamels .... and puts many of the rest to death. Num. XXV. — On the second ground on the right, before the entrance to the Court of the Tabernacle, the tent where Moses gives his commands in the presence of the Elders. Behind it on both sides the tents of the Israelites, between which are trees and gallows, loaded with the bodies of the executed. In the foreground on the left and right the putting to death of the apostates; in the middle the burial of the idols found. (p. 489; see https://archive.org/details/hetwerkvanjanen01kellgoog/page/488/mode/2up). 

Condition: a strong and well-printed (lifetime) impression showing no sign of wear to the printing plate with flattened gatefolds of publication and laid upon an archival support of millennium quality washi paper. Beyond misalignment to the left gatefold, the sheet is in an excellent condition for its large size and considerable age.

I am selling this large and visually arresting and (to my eyes) unsettling etching of a dreadful event driven by Moses against those that do not follow Jewish beliefs—in the sense of killing fornicators and those who worship Baal—for AU$274 (currently US$184.57/EUR166.02/GBP141.82 at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$274) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this remarkable etching executed with amazingly fine detail, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Jan Luyken, “… a great darkness of three days fell over all the land of Egypt”, c.1700

Jan Luyken (aka Johannes Luyken; Jan Luijken) (1649–1712)

“… a great darkness of three days fell over all the land of Egypt”, c.1700, Illustration to the third volume of David and Willem Goeree’s (1635–1711) “Mosaize historie der Hebreeuwse kerke …” (Mosaic history of the Hebrew church …), inserted at page 166 (see this page and the publication online: https://archive.org/details/ned-kbn-all-00007382-001/page/n230/mode/2up), published in Amsterdam in 1700.

Etching on laid paper with full margins of publication and the gatefold of publication flattened with a backing sheet.

Size: (sheet) 32.1 x 37.7 cm; (plate) 28.8 x 36.8 cm; (image borderline) 27.5 x 36 cm.

Lettered in plate: (above the image borderline at right) “3 Deel P. 166.” (Part 3; Page 166); (below the image borderline): “Moses zyn hand na den Hemel uitstrekkende, vald een Dikke Duysternis van drie dagen over gands Egipten-land; maar daar is Ligt in alle de woningen Israels. Exod. 10:22.23.” (Moses stretched out his hand toward Heaven, and a great darkness of three days fell over all the land of Egypt; but there lies [light] in all the houses [of the Israelites]. Exodus 10:22-23.)

Van Eeghen 2602 (Pieter van Eeghen & Johan Philip van der Kellen 1905, “Het werk van Jan en Casper Luyken”, Amsterdam, Frederik Muller & Co., vol. 2, p. 485, cat. no. 2602).

Van Eeghen (1905) offers the following description of this print: (transl.) “Scene in a city, where people grope their way in the darkness or sit despondently, or move slowly in artificial light. In the background on the left is the country of Goshen, brightly lit by the sun.” (p. 485; see https://archive.org/details/hetwerkvanjanen01kellgoog/page/484/mode/1up). 

Condition: a strong and near faultless impression. The sheet is in an excellent condition for its large size and considerable age with the publication gatefold flattened by the sheet having been laid upon an archival support of millennium quality washi paper.

I am selling this large and visually arresting dark etching in a superb (museum quality) condition, for AU$274 (currently US$178.64/EUR165.58/GBP1141.47 at the time of this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

If you are interested in purchasing this remarkable etching showing the artist’s skill and insight to create a discernible image out of very close dark tones, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Jan Luyken’s etching, “The Sacrifice to Priapus”, c.1700

Jan Luyken (aka Johannes Luyken; Jan Luijken) (1649–1712)

“The Sacrifice to Priapus”, c.1700, gatefold illustration between pages 210 and 211 to the first volume of David and Willem Goeree’s (1635–1711) “Mosaize historie der Hebreeuwse kerke …” (Mosaic history of the Hebrew church …), published by the authors in Amsterdam, in 1700. See an online view of this print offered by Archive.org in its context in the publication: https://archive.org/details/ned-kbn-all-00007380-001/page/n288/mode/2up.

Etching (with engraving?) on fine laid paper with full margins of publication, laid on a support sheet with flattened folds with repasting of the separate right sheet.

Size: (sheet) 32.8 x 57.7 cm; (plate) 30.5 x 53.5 cm; (image borderline) 28.9 x 52.9 cm.

Inscribed in plate within the image borderline: (upper left corner) “1 Deel. P. 210” (Part 1; Page 210); (on pedestal at lower left) “ΤΩ ΤΗΣ/ ΓΕΝΕΣΕΩΣ/ ΠΟΙΜEΝΙ” (THAT OF/ GENESIS/ SHEPHERD); (on cartouche at lower left) “SACRIFICIVM CALIGVLAE” (THE SACRIFICE OF CALIGULA); (Biblical references on stones at right) “Ezech: 16: 17.” (Ezekiel 16-17); “I. Kon: 15: 13.” (1 Corinthians 15:13 [If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. (NIV)])

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: “Aal-Oude Steen met bygevoeg de Lampen en Vasen, die den Offerdienst aan PRIAPVS vertoonen; welke insonderheid vande Vrouwen, als der Vader der Generatien, door’t slagten van eenen Ezel geëerd; en ΣΩΤΗΡ ΚΟΣ ΜΟΥ, dat is, Behouder des Weerelds, genoemd wierd.” (Old [water/offering?] Stone with the addition of the Lamps and Vases, which perform the Sacrificial Service to Priapus; which particularity of Women, as the Father of Generations, is honoured by the slaughter of an Ass/Donkey; and was called ΣΩΤΗΡ ΚΟΣ ΜΟΥ [my saviour?], that is, Saviour of the world.)

Christie’s Auctions offer a brief description of this print from their 1 Jul 2010 auction: https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5337257.

Condition: a strong, well-printed and near faultless impression with wide margins and flattened folds of publication, in a near pristine condition, laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper.

I am selling this huge etching showing in the centre of a portrayed frame of associated architectural features, a tableau representing the sacrifice of an ass to the statue of Priapus—God of Fertility—as shown in Pieter van der Heyden’s (c.1530–c.1584) 1553 engraving (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1993-1003-3), for AU$304 (currently US$203.19/EUR183.85/GBP161.84 at the time of posting this listing) including Express Mail postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

If you are interested in purchasing this superb impression of a curiously wonderful etching, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Jan Luyken’s etching, “Meeting of Eliezer and Rebekah”, c.1700

Jan Luyken (aka Johannes Luyken; Jan Luijken) (1649–1712)

“Meeting of Eliezer and Rebekah” (aka “Ontmoeting van Eliëzer en Rebekka” [Van Eeghen title]), c,1700, Illustration to the first volume of David and Willem Goeree’s (1635–1711) “Mosaize historie der Hebreeuwse kerke …” (Mosaic history of the Hebrew church …), inserted at page 146 (see this page and the publication online: https://archive.org/details/ned-kbn-all-00007380-001/page/n508/mode/2up), published in Amsterdam in 1700.

Etching on laid paper with the gatefold of publication flattened and small margins around the platemark.

Size: (sheet) 31.5 x 38.9 cm; (plate) 28.6 x 37.9 cm; (image borderline) 27.3 x 37 cm.

Lettered in plate in Dutch below the image borderline: “Eliezer Abrahams Huys-bezorger, te Charan in Mesopotamien aangekoomen:versoekt van bethuël een Houwelyk voor zyns Heeren Zone ISAAK, met de dogter Rebekka te Stigten. Gen. 24./ 1 Deel P. 416.” (“Eliezer Abraham's Housekeeper, arrived at Haran in Mesopotamia: requests from Bethuel a Houwelyk [wife selection] for his Lord Son ISAAK, with the daughter Rebekka in Stigten. Genesis 24.)

Van Eeghen 2584 (Pieter van Eeghen & Johan Philip van der Kellen 1905, “Het werk van Jan en Casper Luyken”, Amsterdam, Frederik Muller & Co., vol. 2, p. 482, cat. no. 2584).

Van Eeghen (1905) offers the following description of this print: (transl.) “In an open hall, in the foreground on the right, Bethuel and his wife sit in conversation with Eliezer, further to the left Laban and Rebekah and Abraham's servants are busy clearing themselves of dust. On the second floor, on the right, the table tops, on the left the unwrapping of gifts. In the background the stables, where the camels are cared for./ Double size.” (p. 482; see https://archive.org/details/hetwerkvanjanen01kellgoog/page/n95/mode/1up). 

Condition: a strong and near faultless impression. The sheet is in an excellent condition for its large size and considerable age with the publication gatefold flattened.

I am selling this visually arresting and large etching in a superb condition, for AU$262 (currently US$175.12/EUR158.45/GBP139.48 at the time of this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

If you are interested in purchasing this interesting etching showing not only a indexed matrix of small events leading up to Eliezer (at “E”) being introduced to his future wife, Rebekah (“D”)—for example, servants cleaning themselves at lower left (“G”); the unpacking of gifts further back (“K”); preparation of the banquet at centre (“H”); the tending to the camels in the distance (“I”)—the etching is also a marvellous example of how to suggest pictorial depth by a subtle transition in tone, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Jan Luyken’s etching, “Moses Raised His Rod to Heaven and Egypt Became a Thunderous Land”, 1770

Jan Luyken (aka Johannes Luyken; Jan Luijken) (1649–1712)

“Moses Raised His Rod to Heaven and Egypt Became a Thunderous Land” (descriptive title only) (aka “Moses zyn Staf na den hemel verheffende, word Egiptenland met Donder, swaren Hagel en vijer, aan menschen en beesten, en al wat op den velden is geslagen, en't geboomte verbooken. Exo. 9: 24.25), a gatefold Illustration to the third volume of David and Willem Goeree’s (1635–1711) “Mosaize historie der Hebreeuwse kerke …” (Mosaic history of the Hebrew church …) inserted at page 154 (see this page and the publication online: https://archive.org/details/ned-kbn-all-00007382-001/page/n210/mode/2up), published in Amsterdam in 1700.

Etching on laid paper with the gatefold of publication flattened and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 32.1 x 38.4 cm; (plate) 29.3 x 37.7 cm; (image borderline) 27.9 x 36.8 cm.

For those who may be unfamiliar with the illustrated passage from the Book of Exodus (Exodus 9), Biblegateway.com offers the following translation: “[verse] 23 When Moses lifted his staff toward the sky, the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the Lord made it hail on Egypt. 24 It hailed, and lightning flashed while it hailed. This was the worst storm in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation. 25 All over Egypt the hail knocked down everything that was out in the open. It struck down people, animals, and every plant in the fields and destroyed every tree in the fields. 26 The only place it didn’t hail was the region of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.” (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+9&version=GW).

Lettered in plate above the image borderline: (right) “3 Deel P. 154.”

Lettered in plate in Dutch below the image borderline: “Moses zyn Staf na den hemel verheffende, word Egiptenland met Donder, swaren Hagel en vijer, aan menschen en beesten, en al wat op den velden is geslagen, en't geboomte verbooken. Exo. 9:/24.25.” (Moses raising up his rod to heaven, the land of Egypt was declared with thunder, hail, and fire, to men and beasts, and to all that was slain in the fields, and to the trees. Exo[dus] 9: 24.25.)

Van Eeghen 2600 (Pieter van Eeghen & Johan Philip van der Kellen 1905, “Het werk van Jan en Casper Luyken”, Amsterdam, Frederik Muller & Co., vol. 2, p. 485, cat. no. 2600).

Van Eeghen (1905) offers the following description of this print: (transl.) “Scene outside the city, where, as a result of the breaking elements, people and animals are killed or injured, trees and shrubs are destroyed and further destruction is caused. In the background on the left is the city, where Pharaoh watches under the shelter of the gate, while Moses and Aaron stand a little further forward.” (p. 485; see https://archive.org/details/hetwerkvanjanen01kellgoog/page/485/mode/1up). 

Condition: a strong and near faultless impression. The sheet is in a near pristine condition for its large size and considerable age with the publication gatefold flattened when the sheet was laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper.

I am selling this visually arresting etching that is not only large, but it is also in a superb condition, for AU$322 (currently US$215.22/EUR194.74/GBP171.42 at the time of this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

If you are interested in purchasing this spectacular etching of explosive heavenly power evoked by Moses raising his staff, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This print has been sold