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 Copperplate Printer: What the heart incorporates, It conveys

Scripture Reference:

• 2 Corinthians 3 (further images / scripture text)

Description: The copperplate printer is operating a roller press; sheets with printed images are drying on a suspended drying rack. In the background, a worker is inking an etched or engraved copper plate. 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 2 Corinthians 3:18. Motto: What the heart incorporates, / It conveys. Poem: The Paper, lying on the plate, / Provided that it runs under the press, /Receives an imprint of its essence: /The soul, pressed on the eternal good, /Receives God’s image in its bosom, /Through which it is eternally praised. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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