Occupation title source   Mesger
Occupation title (english) Butcher
Hiscode 77310
Description of Image A turner sits on a bench, operating a pole lathe. His right foot is on the treadle that will cause the wood to spin. His right hand holds a cutting tool to trim and shape the turned wood, while his left hand guides the wood. He is turning a decorative piece, perhaps for a chair. A second workman sits on a box, bending over a wood block, using a chisel or gouge. Behind the second man, there is a wall shelf with one large and several small round wooden splint boxes and an elaborately turned finial. Two racks of woodworking tools are attached to the wall behind the lathe operator. Both worker...
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Gender Male
Title of the image Mesger
Translation (English) Butcher
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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