Gegen den Strich
Joris-Karl Huysmans' anti-hero Des Esseintes in "À rebours" was an admirer of Luyken's engravings and had prints from his "Religious Persecutions" hung in his drawing room. He described them as "appalling engravings containing all the tortures that the madness of religion could devise." Des Esseintes was enthralled not just by Luyken's graphic depictions but his ability to reconstruct times and places in his works.