The Surgeon
Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Surgeon
Scripture Reference:
- Isaiah 1 (further images / scripture text)
Description: An injured young man, clearly in pain, sits on a chair in the surgery while his leg is being examined by the surgeon kneeling in front of him; behind the surgeon a servant boy and a maid carry a bowl each. A cabinet with a skull on top is full of jars; a skeleton hangs in a second cabinet. 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 1:4-6.
Motto:
The heart demands to be bandaged
From mortal wounds.
Poem:
Should a bone be broken,
The master must be quickly consulted,
So that it is wisely healed:
But if the odorless soul
Fell on the spear and sword of sins,
There seems to be no difficulty.
(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)
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