Artist: Jan Luyken (Dutch, 1649 – 1712)
Title: Zacchaeus in the Sycamore Tree
Medium: Antique engraving on laid paper.
Publisher: Frans Houtteyn
Reference: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 ; Luyken 1905 / Het Werk van Jan en Caspar Luyken.
Dimensions: Sight size: 12 7/8 x 17 3/8 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 22 x 26 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
Jan Luyken’s “Zacchaeus in the Sycamore Tree” depicts the biblical story (Luke 19:1-10) where short, wealthy tax collector Zacchaeus climbs a fig-sycamore tree in Jericho to see Jesus pass by, only to be noticed by Jesus, who invites Himself to Zacchaeus’s home, leading to Zacchaeus’s transformation and promise to make restitution.
Jan Luyken (1649–1712) is a well listed artist. He was a prolific Dutch poet, illustrator, and engraver, famous for his detailed, spiritually-focused prints illustrating trades, religious persecution, and mystical themes. after a youthful period of erotic poetry led to a profound conversion to Pietistic Anabaptist Christianity, he became a major figure in Dutch art and literature known for detailed realism.