The Bellows Maker
Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Bellows Maker
Scripture Reference:
- Psalms 51 (further images / scripture text)
Description: The bellows maker, who sits in his workshop with a pair of bellows across his knees, gives instructions to his apprentice; a canal and city scene are visible through the open door. 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 Psalm 51:11, though Luiken writes Psalm 51:13.
Motto:
Draw, through thy desire,
Thine air from God.
Poem:
The air, pushed out from the bellows,
Gives to the fire a merry life:
O Holy breath from God’s spirit!
That blew so beautifully at Pentecost
And sowed tongues of fire,
Blow eternally on our soul's-fire.
(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)
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