Artist: Jan Luyken (Dutch, 1649 – 1712)
Title: The Feast of Tabernacles
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.
The Festival of Tabernacles, or Sukkot, is a joyful, week-long Jewish harvest festival commemorating the 40 years the Israelites lived in temporary shelters after leaving Egypt, symbolizing God’s protection and provision. Celebrated in the autumn (September/October), observers build and dwell in a sukkah (booth), eating meals and often sleeping in it, decorated with harvest items, to remember their ancestors’ journey and God’s faithfulness through the wilderness and harvest. It’s one of Judaism’s three major pilgrimage festivals, also called the Festival of Booths or Ingathering.
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.