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 Basket Maker: the Leaky barrel Retains no liquid

Scripture Reference:

• Proverbs 11 (further images / scripture text)

Description: The basket maker is in the process of weaving a willow basket, while sitting under a tree in front of his house. Several completed baskets are on the ground around him and one hangs on the tree. 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 11:28. Motto: Yhe Leaky barrel / Retains no liquid. Poem: He who scooped water with a basket, / Didn’t seem to be in his right mind:/Many hands seek to grasp salvation, / In the leaky barrel of this time,/But it will seep away from all of them: /Scoop salvation in the barrel of eternity. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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