Mirror of the Human Occupation
Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: Mirror of the Human Occupation
Description: A sitting woman teaches three children standing around her; a serpent is circled around her right forearm. One child looks in a mirror; the others stand around and touch a globe topped with a crown. On the foreground are various implements of human trades. In the clouds are seven angels; one of them holds a palm branch, a second holds a container with burning incense, the others hold a banner with the book’s title 'Mirror of the human occupation.' The following text is written on the baseboard below the image.
Motto: A good ending crowns the work.
Poem:
Here Prudence teaches the human occupation
To pay attention to the Conscience, and to care more for the Soul than for the body
With his heart; and how one must do the earthly things
According to moderation and Law, like true inhabitants of Heaven.
(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)
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