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 Glazier: Life craves, Light and air

Scripture Reference:

• Psalms 97 (further images / scripture text)

Description: A glazier is in the process of putting a new pane in a window from the outside. Behind him, an apprentice searches through a box with glass panes of various sizes. The background consists of a city scene, with a woman drawing water from a well. 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 Psalm 97:11. Motto: Life craves, / Light and air. Poem: To not shut the light outside the house, /Is the fine use of glass windows, /But people build the heart’s house shut, /Through vanity and trifles, /With wood and stone of earthly things, /And close it off from Heavenly light. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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