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 Brick Maker: Divine service liberates us from Satan’s slavery

Scripture Reference:

• Exodus 1 (further images / scripture text)

Description: Under a tree, a brick maker forces the kneaded clay into a wooden mold. A helper kneads clay (left) and a barefooted young man picks up lumps of raw clay from the ground (right). The scene is set next to a busy river. 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 Exodus 1:13-14. Motto: Divine service liberates us / From Satan’s slavery. Poem: As the Israelite of old / Made brick in servitude, /So man is also born servile: /And toils in the clay of this time: /But everyone who so desires will be /Offered God’s mercy and freedom. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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