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 Saddler: Your own Animal Requires Control

Scripture Reference:

• Psalms 20 (further images / scripture text)

Description: The rider stands with his horse and dog in front of a saddlery and examines the saddle shown to him by the saddler. A second saddle lies under the display shelf; several stirrups hang from pegs above the windows. 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 20:7 though Luiken quotes Psalm 20:8. Motto: Your own animal / Requires control. Poem: The powerful, proud, and well-appointed horse, / Is nevertheless ridden by the man, /Bridled, saddled, and calmed: /So the spirit should, through proper outfitting, /Tame its wild animal of flesh and blood/For an eternal good. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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