The Bricklayer
Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Bricklayer
Scripture Reference:
- Proverbs 4 (further images / scripture text)
Description: A bricklayer is in the process of putting a brick into the wall he is building around a house. A worker, known as a hod-carrier, brings more mortar; in the background is a cement mixer. The Dutch artist and poet Jan Luiken (1649-1712) was responsible for drawing this emblem and for creating the motto and poem that follow. Jan Luiken and/or his son Casper Luiken (1672-1708) were responsible for its etching. The attendant scripture text is Proverbs 4:23.
Motto:
The bad neighbor
Requires a wall.
Poem:
Man puts a wall around his temporary life,
To be surrounded in case of danger,
And the eternal part often lies exposed,
Like a border town without walls,
To be plundered by enemy’s attacks,
And threatened by eternal death.
(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)
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