Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Washtub
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Description: Washing clothes requires hard work, hot water, and soap, just as perseverance and divine assistance sustain the righteous life (Psalm 51:9-10, though Psalm 51:11-12 appears in the text). The poem notes that souls are cleansed through forgiveness and grace, but also require one to work hard to keep out lust and other evils from the soul. The Dutch artist and poet Jan Luiken (1649–1712), whose initials are at the lower right, was responsible for drawing and etching this emblem and wrote the accompanying poem.
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