Occupation title source |
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Schoenmaker |
Occupation title (english) |
Shoemaker |
Hiscode |
80110 |
Description of Image |
A man has a heavy wicker basket filled with onions. He balances the basket on his left shoulder with his arm and hand, while offering a braided strand of onions to an old woman seated at the left in a low chair. Buildings in the town can be seen behind them.
Onions were a common vegetable in Holland, used liberally for the flavor they imparted to meats, stews, fish, and chicken. Braiding the onion tops together made it easy to hang them up in kitchens for storage purposes and easy for the peddlers to sell them in units rather than by weight or individually piece by piece.
Braided onion...
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Gender |
Male |
Title of the image |
Schoenmaker |
Translation (English) |
Shoemaker |
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 1765 |
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