Jan Caspar Philips

Jan Caspar Philips (1690–1775), was an engraver from the northern Netherlands.

1747 painting of Jan Caspar Philips by Tibout Regters
A family celebrating Sinterklaasavond on 5 December, by Jan Caspar Philips

He was born in Germany but settled in Amsterdam, where he became the teacher of his nephew Caspar Philips and (in 1725) the engraver Simon Fokke.[1] He contributed engravings to Jan Wagenaar's Hedendaagse Historie and made the engravings in 1743 for Kornelis de Wit's Verzaameling van Afbeeldingen van Doopsgezinde Leeraaren.[1] He died in Amsterdam.

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  1. Jan Caspar Philips in the RKD
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