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 Stonemason: Though scattered, Nonetheless prepared

Scripture Reference:

• Ephesians 2 (further images / scripture text)

Description: Using a chisel and mallet, the stonemason shapes a cut stone under the protection of an awning stretched out from a tree branch. 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 Ephesians 2:19-22. Motto: Though scattered, / Nonetheless prepared. Poem: The stones are being steadily cut, /To build with them the mighty house; / Like the work of the Lord Jesus, /The stones, lying here and there, /Are ready, meticulously cut, and suit well, / For the building of his eternal church. (Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker).

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