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 Surgeon: The heart demands to be bandaged From deathly wounds

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 deathly wounds. Poem: Should a bone be broken, /The master must be quickly consulted, /So that it is smartly healed: /But whether the odorless soul /Fell into the spear and sword of sins, /That seems to cause no distress. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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