The Basket Maker
Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Basket Maker
Scripture Reference:
- Proverbs 11 (further images / scripture text)
Description: The basket maker is in the process of weaving a willow basket, while sitting under a tree in front of his house. Several completed baskets are on the ground around him and one hangs on the tree. 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 11:28.
Motto:
The leaky vessel
Retains no liquid.
Poem:
He who scooped water with a basket,
Did not seem to be in his right mind:
Many hands seek to grasp salvation,
In the leaky barrel of this time,
But it all will seep away from them:
Scoop salvation in the vessel of eternity.
(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)
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