The Gardener
Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Gardener
Scripture Reference:
- Genesis 2 (further images / scripture text)
Description: The gardener, together with his helper, is in process of planting a tree; both are tamping down the soil around the trunk. In the right background there is a country house. 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 2:8.
Motto:
The true garden
Is not on earth.
Poem:
The garden is loved by man,
Who finds there his delight and refuge;
Though in the bloom he must die:
He is then thoughtful and wise,
Who sows and plants in paradise,
Where life will escape eternally.
(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)
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