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 Wool Washer: The night vanishes, When the day shines

Scripture Reference:

• Isaiah 1 (further images / scripture text)

Description: Under a roof next to a canal, the wool washer uses a wooden rake to swirl the wool around in a basket that is suspended in the water. In the background is a workshop, where baskets full of wool arrive with a boat and hanks of wool hang to dry. 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 1:16-18. Motto: The night vanishes, / When the day shines. Poem: The measure of God’s love is full: /A soul, that wants to forsake evil, /Its guilt, like the color of scarlet / Shall be like snow and white wool: /oh Man! oh man! desire to repent /Upon such a friendly word of the Lord. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

Click here for additional images available from this book.

Request a high-resolution file (fees apply)

Rights Statement: The online edition of this work in the public domain, i.e., not protected by copyright, has been produced by Pitts Theology Library, Emory University.
Rights Status: No Copyright - United States
Pitts Theology Library provides copyright information as a courtesy and makes no representation about copyright or other legal status of materials in the Digital Image Archive.