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 Sieve Maker: Thou who dost watch the small thing, dost not neglect the big things

Scripture Reference:

• Luke 22 (further images / scripture text)

Description: Four men and two women are working on sieves in an open workshop. A number of sieves are hang in the window and lying 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 Luke 22:31. Motto: Thou who dost watch the small things,/ dost not neglect the big things. Poem: Oh Man, so clever in dividing, /To the advantage of flesh and blood! /How necessary it would be to sift /The bad from the good in your mind,/So that thou might keep the best, /And not regret being careless. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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