Occupation title source   Paruikmaker
Occupation title (english) Wigmaker
Hiscode 57090
Description of Image The setting is a street in front of a long two-storied building. The building has many double windows with closed wooden shutters on the bottom and diamond-shaped panes of glass on the op above a doorway, a balcony extends beyond a set of windows. A tall woman at the left stands facing a man at the right. In her right hand she holds a number of dressed rabbits by their back feet. With her extended left arm, she hands a rabbit towards her customer. She holds the rabbit's front paws, so its ears dangle down, and the man holds its back paws in his left hand. He points his right index finger at th...
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Gender Male
Title of the image Paruikmaker
Translation (English) Wigmaker
Language source Dutch
Country source The Netherlands
Artist's name Jan Luyken
Artist's years and locations 1649-1712
Date of creation 1694
Medium Plate
Collection name Het Menselijk Bedrijf
Provenance Jan Luyken, Afbeelding der Menschelyke Bezigheden [=Spiegel van het Menslyk Bedryf] Amsterdam 1754


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