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 Brush Maker: Everyone should seek The dirty corner

Scripture Reference:

• Psalms 51 (further images / scripture text)

Description: The brush maker displays his wares around his open store window. He is in the process of selling a clothes brush to a woman who is trying it out. In the background is a city scene with a canal, bridge, a church and houses. 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 51:10, though Luiken quotes Psalm 51:12. Motto: Everyone should seek / The dirty corner. Poem: Tidiness removes dirt and dust, / From the neat garment and furniture; /But the best of all is oft forgotten, / The eternal part, the worthy soul, / On which so much dust from sins fell, /Splashed, spattered, and covered with dirt. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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