Caspar Jacobsz Philips

Facades in the Grachtenboek

Caspar Jacobsz Philips (1732 1789), was an 18th-century engraver and architectural historian of the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

He was born in Amsterdam and was the pupil of his uncle, Jan Caspar Philips.[1] He is most known for his drawings of Amsterdam buildings in his Grachtenboek, but he also wrote a book on perspective. [1] He died in Amsterdam.

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