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 Paper Maker: Although it’s bad, It comes to rights

Scripture Reference:

• Proverbs 3 (further images / scripture text)

Description: The paper maker scoops linen rag pulp from a large vat into a mold. Behind him, three men work at a press; in the background, several workers use a water-powered mill wheel to fashion rags into pulp. 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 3:3. Motto: Although it’s bad, /It comes to rights. Poem: Thus even the old rag, through industry, / Is fashioned to be used in a new way: /So man should make the trashy life, / Through the working of the right manner, / Into white paper, / On which the Lord’s will would be written. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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