Artist: Jan Luyken (Dutch, 1649 – 1712)
Title: The Children of Israel Received Manna
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.
God provided manna, a miraculous, sweet, flaky substance, to the Israelites daily for 40 years in the wilderness after their exodus from Egypt, teaching them faith and obedience as they gathered it each morning, except for a double portion on the sixth day for the Sabbath, until they entered the Promised Land. This divine bread, described as like coriander seed and honey wafers, sustained them and demonstrated God’s provision, stopping only when they could eat from the land.
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.