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 Nap Shearer: He is wise, who makes the garment, That never wears out

Description: The nap shearer shears a bolt of woolen fabric. Bolts of fabric are carried into the workshop to be hung and treated with teasing combs. 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 Genesis 3:21. Motto: He is wise, who makes the garment, / That never wears out. Poem: Man, who spends time and diligence, / Makes his garment of animal hair: /Thus he can prepare the all for the flesh; / If then it weren’t too poorly done, / So that the poor soul, in passing,/Must part from here, utterly naked and bare! (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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