Occupation title source |
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Asman |
Occupation title (english) |
Cinders and ashes loaders |
Hiscode |
99910 |
Description of Image |
Two men are working together. In the left foreground, one man has his legs spread apart, his knees bent, and leans forward from the waist in his effort to lift the weight of a long flat shovel which he holds with both hands. The shovel is loaded with ashes. He is lifting them onto a flatbottomed boat. A second man is standing in the boat, his back to the viewer. He holds the boat in place up against the quayside with a pole so that it will not drift away. Behind the men on the opposite side of the water is a church.
Ashes from wood or charcoal coal cinders, or peat ash was collected from m...
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Gender |
Male |
Title of the image |
As. Krebben leegen |
Translation (English) |
Loading Cinders and Ashes |
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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