Adversity teaches purity to the soul, Gaspar Bouttats, 1679, Page from a book (p. 100) with text and printer's vignette on the verso. In an oval cartouche the harvesting and processing of flax. In the foreground, a farmer is retting the flax in the field. Exposing the flax to water loosens the bast fiber from the wood. In the background, the crop is being hauled in. On the right the flax is being processed: first separated, then combed and then spun into linen. Above the cartouche the title (motto) of the print and a quotation from the Bible (Psalm 65:12, now Psalm 66:12). Below the print a caption: 'By arbeydt, water, sunshine, sal 't lijnwaet altijdt witter zijn' and a description explaining the print. The processing of flax can be compared to the hardships of man on earth: they are necessary for a good end product and that end product (for man the purification of the soul) is the most important., print maker: Gaspar Bouttats, (mentioned on object), F. Franciscus Lijftocht, publisher: Arnold van den Eynden, print maker: Antwerp, Diest, publisher: Utrecht, 1679, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, h 142 mm × w 86 mm, h 68 mm × w 83 mm
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