Dutch illustrator and engraver (1672–1708)

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The assassination of Henry IV, King of France, 1610: a tumultuous scene on the streets of Paris, in which the King's coach is stuck in traffic and the assassin fatally wounds the King in his coach. Etching by J. and C. Luyken.

The battle of Wittstock, 1636: the Swedish army and its allies fighting against the forces of Saxony and the Empire. Etching by Caspar Luyken, 1698.

Spiegel van het menselyk bedryf, vertoonende honderd verscheiden ambachten, konstig afgebeeld, en met godlyke spreuken en stichtelyke verzen verryke / door Jan en Kasper Luiken.

David Theophilus Reyher. Line engraving by C. Luikens.

Afbeelding der menschelyke bezigheden, bestaande in hondert onderscheiden printverbeeldingen, vertonende allerhande stantspersonen, zo van regeeringe, konsten, wetenschappen, als handwerken, zinryk uitgebeeld, geschikt naar de ordre van't ABC, en met vaarzen ... verklaard / [Anon].

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Luiken, Caspar, 1672-1708

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Spiegel van het menselyk bedryf, vertoonende honderd verscheiden ambachten, konstig afgebeeld, en met godlyke spreuken en stichtelyke verzen verryke / door Jan en Kasper Luiken.

The assassination of Henry IV, King of France, 1610: a tumultuous scene on the streets of Paris, in which the King's coach is stuck in traffic and the assassin fatally wounds the King in his coach. Etching by J. and C. Luyken.

David Theophilus Reyher. Line engraving by C. Luikens.

The battle of Wittstock, 1636: the Swedish army and its allies fighting against the forces of Saxony and the Empire. Etching by Caspar Luyken, 1698.

Afbeelding der menschelyke bezigheden, bestaande in hondert onderscheiden printverbeeldingen, vertonende allerhande stantspersonen, zo van regeeringe, konsten, wetenschappen, als handwerken, zinryk uitgebeeld, geschikt naar de ordre van't ABC, en met vaarzen ... verklaard / [Anon].