The Candle Maker
Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Candle Maker
Scripture Reference:
- Luke 11 (further images / scripture text)
Description: The candle maker dips candlewicks suspended on wooden poles into the melted wax in a four-wheel cart; an assistant with a metal dipper works next to him at the brick smelting oven. Finished candles are suspended from rods in a holder on the floor and from the rafters. 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 11:33-36.
Motto:
Lose the least,
To big profit.
Poem:
While fire consumes the candle,
The house is honored with light;
That was the purpose in the making:
O Earthly man of flesh and blood,
God wants the light from your heart,
Through the dying and forsaking of the body.
(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)
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