The Shipwright
Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Shipwright
Scripture Reference:
- Ezekiel 27 (further images / scripture text)
Description: In the shipyard, the ship’s carpenter uses an ax to shape the large oak timber to be used for the ship’s ribbing. Two men work next to him. In the background are a docked ship and a sailing ship. 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 Ezekiel 27:34.
Motto:
Avoid sand and rock
With life’s ship.
Poem:
Diligence is not spared in life’s dangers
In the wooden hollow, on wild waves,
Where the abyss gapes at life:
But if one speaks of eternal life,
And how one must strive after that,
It’s as if man’s diligence sleeps.
(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)
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