The Copperplate Printer

Book Title: Spiegel van het menselyk bedryf : vertoonende honderd verscheiden ambachten, konstig afgebeeld en met godlyke spreuken en stichtelyke verzen verryke / door Jan en Kasper Luiken

Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712

Image Title: The Copperplate Printer

Scripture Reference:

Description: The copperplate printer is operating a roller press; sheets with printed images are drying on a suspended drying rack. In the background, a worker is inking an etched or engraved copper plate. 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 2 Corinthians 3:18.


Motto:
What the heart takes in,
It expresses.

Poem:
The Paper, lying on the tympan,
Given that it runs under the roller press,
Receives an impression of its being:
The soul, pressed on the eternal good,
Receives God’s image in its bosom,
By which it is eternally praised.

(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)
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