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 Sugar Refiner: Christ’s blood, Contained divine sweetness

Scripture Reference:

• Proverbs 16 (further images / scripture text)

Description: The sugar refiner steps outside carrying a large sugar loaf, of which several lie already on the foreground; behind him three other workmen. Two workmen wash fabric in the canal; a church is situated on the other side of the canal. 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 Proverbs 16:24. Motto: Christ’s blood, / Contained divine sweetness. Poem: He who wants to conquer sourness, /Must not start with saltpeter, / But sugar is the right sword:/Oh God! How thou hast given to the sour life/Thy highest sweetness, / And hast thus reformed the great fall. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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