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 Turner: The Discoveries are many, Though few for the eternal soul

Scripture Reference:

• Luke 16 (further images / scripture text)

Description: The turner sits at his lathe, turning the leg of a table; in front of him on the floor is an apprentice who holds a finished table leg under his arm. Behind him, a man watches through the window; through the open door two women can be seen at 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 Luke 16:8. Motto: The Discoveries are many, / Though few for the eternal soul. Poem: Man, gifted with ingenuity, / Knows how to make his demand on all things; /And he himself remains unrefined / In the block of the unhewn life: / Wouldn’t it be laudable, if he did with his spirit, /What he does with his craft. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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