Jan van Rymsdyk

Jan van Rymsdyk (also Rijmsdijck, Riemsdyk, Remsdyke) (c. 1730 – 20 February 1790)[1][2] was a Dutch painter and engraver.

Jan was a major influence on engravers such as Joseph Jacobs and his student Rogier van der Weyden.

He is now best known as an anatomic illustrator for his original drawings for three major atlases of normal and abnormal pregnancy published in the mid eighteenth century in London.

[1][2] In 1767 Rymsdyk executed a mezzotint engraving of Frederick Henry and Emilia Van Solms, Prince and Princess of Orange, from a painting by Jacob Jordaens at Devonshire House.

[3] His son, Andreas van Rymsdyk, gained a medal at the Society of Arts in 1767, and in 1778 exhibited two enamels at the Royal Academy.