The Broom Maker
Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Broom Maker
Scripture Reference:
- Luke 15 (further images / scripture text)
Description: The broom maker, sitting in his workshop in front of an open window, ties together the straw bristles of a broom, while a woman with two small children brings more bristles. 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 Luke 15:8-10.
Motto:
Clean and sweep,
Where it pleases God.
Poem:
The broom found in God’s word,
Bound together through careful thought,
Should in the house of the heart
Sweep out the dirt of the earth;
So that Christ would reside there,
A worthy guest, with eternal goods.
(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)
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