The Shoemaker
Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Shoemaker
Scripture Reference:
- Psalms 26 (further images / scripture text)
Description: The shoemaker stands in front of a client who sits on a stool and tries on a shoe. In the background are three workers; a woman carrying a small child enters the workshop. 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 Psalm 26:11-12.
Motto:
Look not at the means,
But why it happens.
Poem:
The foot encloses itself in the shoe,
But the shoe itself is not important;
Except, to walk with it on the path:
The soul does live in flesh and blood,
But they serve it, as the shoe the foot,
To go with it to the land of peace.
(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)
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