Jan Caspar Philips (1690–1775), was a German
engraver who settled in Amsterdam.
He was born perhaps in
Trebur
Trebur is a municipality in Groß-Gerau district in Hessen, Germany. It is 13 km southeast of Mainz, and 8 km south of Rüsselsheim.
Geography Location
Trebur is located in the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region. The cities of Mainz, Wiesb ...
, like a younger brother.
His father was Hendrik Philips (-1748), a wigmaker, his mother Anna Elizabeth Kraft (-1753). The family settled at NZ Voorburgwal. In 1725 he became the teacher of the engraver
Simon Fokke and his nephew
Caspar Philips.
[Jan Caspar Philips]
in the RKD
The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: ), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center in the world. The center specializes in document ...
He contributed engravings to
Jan Wagenaar
Jan Wagenaar (25 October 1709 – 1 March 1773) was a Dutch historian, best known for his contributions to ''Tegenwoordige staat van nederland'' and ''Vaderlandsche Historie''.
Biography
Wagenaar was born in Amsterdam to a Mennonite master ...
's ''Hedendaagse Historie'' and made the engravings in 1743 for Kornelis de Wit's ''Verzaameling van Afbeeldingen van Doopsgezinde Leeraaren''.
[ He died at Egelantiersgracht.
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Jan Caspar Philips
on GAMEO
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1690 births
1775 deaths
Engravers from Amsterdam
18th-century German engravers
18th-century German male artists