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 Gardener: The right garden Is not on earth

Scripture Reference:

• Genesis 2 (further images / scripture text)

Description: The gardener, together with his helper, is in process of planting a tree; both are tamping down the soil around the trunk. In the right background there is a country house. 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 2:8. Motto: The right garden / Is not on earth. Poem: The garden is loved by man, /Who finds there his delight and refuge;/Though when it’s blooming he must depart: / He is then thoughtful and wise, / Who sows and plants in paradise, /Where life will never depart. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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