The Shoemaker: Don’t look at the means, But why it happens
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Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Shoemaker: Don’t look at the means, But why it happens
Scripture Reference:
- Psalms 26 (further images / scripture text)
Description: The shoemaker stands in front of a client who sits on a stool and tries on a shoe. In the background are three workers; a woman carrying a small child enters the workshop. 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 Psalm 26:11-12. Motto: Don’t look at the means, / But why it happens. Poem: The foot encloses itself in the shoe, / Though with the shoe it has nothing to do; /Except, to walk with it on the road: /The soul does live in flesh and blood, /But they serve it, as the shoe the foot, /To go with it to the land of peace. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).
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