Book Title: Spiegel van het menselyk bedrijf : in kleuren vertoond met honderd verbeeldingen, van ambachten, konsten, hanteeringen en bedryven, met verzen / Jan en Kasper Luiken.

Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712

Image Title: The Tailor: Oh Man, wear Your best garment

Scripture Reference:

• Isaiah 61 (further images / scripture text)

Description: Two tailors sew cross-legged on their work table in front of the window; a woman sits on a chair also sewing. A boy searches through a basket of scraps on the floor. 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 61:10. Motto: Oh Man, wear / Your best garment. Poem: The garment is needed now, / But both garment and flesh wear out:/ Thus there is a good reason,/ To look forward with our spirit/ To heavenly fabric and holy clothes,/That might cover us for eternity. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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