| Occupation title source |
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Pamflettenverkoper |
| Occupation title (english) |
Broadsheet seller |
| Hiscode |
45240 |
| Description of Image |
In the center foreground, a young man with a hat has a wicker display basket filled with printed broadsheets strapped over his right shoulder. He holds a broadsheet in each hand; the paper in his left hand bears the legend, "wat wonders wat nieuwes." Behind him, a younger male companion stands on an overturned wooden tub, reading aloud to a group of assembled villagers standing or seated on the ground.
News traveled relatively slowly from town to town in the Netherlands until broadsheets were printed. Before the advent of printed materials, people had to rely on individual letters (which ...
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| Gender |
Male |
| Title of the image |
Wat wonders wat nieuwes |
| Translation (English) |
What wonders, what news |
| Language source |
Dutch |
| Country source |
The Netherlands |
| Artist's name |
Lenaert Bramer |
| Artist's years and locations |
1596-1674 |
| Date of creation |
1659 (circa) |
| Medium |
Drawing |
| Collection name |
Straatwerken |
| Provenance |
Prentenkabinet, Leiden |
| Collection address |
University of Leiden |
| Product |
1 |
| Icon essay copyright |
Granted |
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