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 Candle Maker: Lose the least, For great profit

Scripture Reference:

• Luke 11 (further images / scripture text)

Description: The candle maker dips candlewicks suspended on wooden poles into the melted wax in a four-wheel cart; an assistant with a metal dipper works next to him at the brick smelting oven. Finished candles are suspended from rods in a holder on the floor and from the rafters. 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 11:33-36. Motto: Lose the least, / For great profit. Poem: While the fire consumes the candle, /So the house is honored with light; / That was the purpose in the making: / Oh Earthly man of flesh and blood, /God wants the light from your heart, / Through the body’s dying and forsaking. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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