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 Cabinet Maker: Best stored, Least missed

Scripture Reference:

• Proverbs 8 (further images / scripture text)

Description: The cabinet maker leans against his workbench looking over his shoulder at an object pointed at by a young man. Various carpentry tools lie haphazardly in his workshop. A large chest is placed against the right wall and two men are in the process of moving a table to the outside. 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 Proverbs 8:21. Motto: Best stored, / Least missed. Poem: The chest contains the treasure, /Of the victorious and prosperous life, / But true wisdom understands, /That [the chest] and we will desert each other, /And makes a treasure chest of the heart, /Where eternal good will be contained. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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