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 Balance Maker: Keep honest weight For close scrutiny

Scripture Reference:

• Leviticus 19 (further images / scripture text)

Description: The balance maker sits at his workbench talking with a customer who inspects a small balance scale. From the ceilings hang a number metal balances and balance pans; a huge balance hangs between them; various weights are on the workbench. Outside two women walk with shopping baskets. 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 Leviticus 19:36. Motto: Keep honest weight / For close scrutiny. Poem: oh Balance of our Heart, /How necessary it is that we weigh / A temporary against an eternal good, /On which the most depends for us. / Should the eternal portion not sink down, / Then the scale is untrue and evil. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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