The Grain Chandler
Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Grain Chandler
Scripture Reference:
- Matthew 13 (further images / scripture text)
Description: In a large mill, the grain chandler scoops the grain from a sack into a wooden sieve. Around him lie several sacks with grain and behind him a horse turns the grinding wheels. 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 Matthew 13:33.
Motto:
What’s inside
Is the true kernel.
Poem:
The seed, uncovered from the husk:
Only then becomes truly edible bread:
So is the kernel of human life contained
In the earthly husk of flesh and blood,
From which it is wonderfully released:
When God performs a good separation.
(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)
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