The Infant Born
Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Infant Born
Scripture Reference:
- Job 7 (further images / scripture text)
Description: The newborn child has been carefully swaddled and is shown to an older woman. Outside, in front of the open door a man, probably the father, sits on a bench and views passersby on the opposite side of the city street. The Dutch artist and poet Jan Luiken (1649-1712) was responsible for drawing and etching this emblem and for the brief poem that accompanies it (below). The attendant Scripture texts are: Job 7:1-3; 14:1-2; and John 3:5-6.
Motto:
As soon as the little flower has risen
So approaches its wilting.
Poem:
The innocent little Sheep, without gall,
Born lacking understanding,
Takes a look, in the Vale of Tears,
Knows little of what awaits him.
Should he find Salvation for his little soul,
Then enters he happy into the grave.
(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)
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