The Wigmaker
Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Wigmaker
Scripture Reference:
- Isaiah 3 (further images / scripture text)
Description: In front of his shop, the wigmaker combs the hair of a long gentleman’s wig while a dog sleeps at his feet. A short and a long wig are displayed on a raised shelf. The background consists of a prosperous city scene with two gentlemen walking towards the shop, two women selling fruit and vegetables, a coach drawn by two horses, large houses and a church. 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 Isaiah 3:24.
Motto:
Don’t please the world,
But the eye that sees everything.
Poem:
Hair, which nature gave to each one,
Is taken off, should it not please him;
But if one shaved bad manners so,
Brought forth by life from youth,
And placed pure virtue there,
That would much more embellish the man.
(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)
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