Emblemata of Zinne-werck

It was first published in Amsterdam in 1624[1] by Jan Evertsen Cloppenburgh and printed in Middelburg, Zeeland, by Hans van der Hellen.

[2] Each of the 51 entries has a caption of one or two lines indicating the moral, followed by an engraving and an epigram (rhyming in couplets).

3, portraying Vanitas, depicts no direct image of vanity but takes a contrary approach, featuring a well-dressed upper-class women holding a child who's just loaded his diaper--"the child's bottom, ready for wiping, is thrust directly into the viewer's face".

The emblem's motto is Al te scherp maeckt schaerdigh, "too much sharpness will maim".

[7] 19 shows a pretzel being tugged from both sides by hands coming from clouds, emblematizing how the soul is pulled by God and the devil.