The Painter: All that they eye sees, Is still not the principal thing
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Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Painter: All that they eye sees, Is still not the principal thing
Scripture Reference:
- Isaiah 2 (further images / scripture text)
Description: Sitting in front of his painting, the painter blends colors on his palette; next to him stands a small chest with supplies. A sketch of two figures in the painting is affixed to the frame of the easel. In the right background there is an apprentice; in the left foreground, a view of the courtyard. 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 Isaiah 2:16. Motto: All that the eye sees, / Is still not the principal thing. Poem: Art presents us with a semblance, /Of how things are in essence, / As the large painting /Of the Totality of visible things, /Assigned their place by wisdom, / Reveals the origin of all that is. Translation by Els Stronks, from her book Negotiating Differences: Word, Image and Religion in the Dutch Republic, Leiden: Brill 2011 (Page 239)..
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