The Nap Shearer
Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Nap Shearer
Scripture Reference:
- Genesis 3 (further images / scripture text)
Description: The nap shearer shears a bolt of woolen fabric. Bolts of fabric are carried into the workshop to be hung and treated with teasing combs. 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 Genesis 3:21.
Motto:
He is wise, who prepares the garment
That never wears out.
Poem:
Man, who spends time and diligence,
Makes his garment of animal hair:
Thus he can prepare it all for the flesh;
Were it not then too poorly done,
So that the poor soul, in passing over,
Must depart from here, utterly naked and bare!
(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)
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