| Occupation title source |
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Metselaar |
| Occupation title (english) |
Bricklayer |
| Hiscode |
95120 |
| Description of Image |
Two bricklayers are working together. The one at the right, wearing a tall, wide- brimmed hat, is laying bricks for a wall. A wooden fraine has been left for the window. He holds a trowel in his right hand and sets the brick in place with his left. There is a small tub of mortar on the ground by his right foot. The man on the left, wearing a soft cap, walks towards the bricklayer carrying a wooden hod filled with mortar on his right shoulder. Behind him is a pile of sand with rake and shovel he has used to mix the mortar. The heaviness of the hod-carrier's load is indicated by the position of ...
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| Gender |
Male |
| Title of the image |
Metselaar |
| Translation (English) |
Bricklayer |
| 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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