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 Broom Maker: Clean and sweep, As it pleases God

Scripture Reference:

• Luke 15 (further images / scripture text)

Description: The broom maker, sitting in his workshop in front of an open window, ties together the straw bristles of a broom, while a woman with two small children brings more bristles. 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 Luke 15:8-10. Motto: Clean and sweep, / As it pleases God. Poem: The broom found in God’s words, /Tied together through careful thought, /Should in the house of the heart/Drive away the dirt of the earth,/So that Christ would come to stay there, /A worthy guest, with eternal goods. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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