Artist: Jan Luyken (Dutch, 1649 – 1712)
Title: Christ teaches while sitting on a ship
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.
Christ teaching from a ship refers to biblical accounts, primarily in Luke 5:1-3, where Jesus used a boat as a platform to teach large crowds gathered by the Sea of Galilee, using Peter’s boat to gain distance and better address the people, a practice that allowed sound to carry and also led to His famous call for fishermen to become fishers of men. This scene highlights Jesus’s adaptability, using nature for ministry, and is a common theme in Christian art and teaching, symbolizing the Church as a vessel.
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.