Jan Luyken (Amsterdam 1649-1712)

The construction of Solomon's temple

细节

Jan Luyken (Amsterdam 1649-1712)
The construction of Solomon's temple
black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash, on two joined sheets of paper, pen and brown ink framing lines
11 3/8 x 27 in. (290 x 685 mm.)

刻印

In reverse by Caspar Luyken, dated 1690 (P. van Eeghen, Het Werk van Jan en Casper Luyken, Amsterdam, 1905, I, no. 1135).

拍品专文

In the foreground of this large view, workmen are laying the foundations of Solomon's temple with the town of Jerusalem in the background, on a hill. An impression of the print by Caspar Luyken after his brother's design is in the Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam (inv. RP-P-1896-A-19368-2974). Seven more prints probably for a series of biblical scenes are known (see P. van Eeghen, op. cit., p. 194).
We are grateful to Peter Schatborn for his help cataloguing this drawing.