| Occupation title source |
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Papyrer |
| Occupation title (english) |
Paper Maker |
| Hiscode |
73400 |
| Description of Image |
In a rural village, a man with his back to the viewer carries six or seven whisk brooms over his left shoulder. He extends his right arm and offers a hearth brush to a woman who is facing him. She holds another brush in her left hand, while her right hand fingers test out the bristles.
Stiff bristled brushes of twigs or trimmed straw were sold by itinerant peddlers. Housewives used brushes regularly to sweep wood and peat ash from their hearths as they prepared the fireplace to cook meals. Fireplaces were occasionally used to take the chill off a room, often a problem in damp, windy Hollan...
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| Gender |
Male |
| Title of the image |
Papyrer |
| Translation (English) |
Paper Maker |
| Language source |
German |
| Country source |
Germany |
| Artist's name |
Jost Amman |
| Artist's years and locations |
1539-1591 |
| Date of creation |
1568 |
| Medium |
Plate |
| Collection name |
Ständebuch |
| Provenance |
Jost Amman's Staende und handwerter mit versen von Hans Sachs. Frankfurt a/M 1568, Reprint Muenchen 1884 |
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