Occupation title source   Chirurgijn
Occupation title (english) Surgeon
Hiscode 06110
Description of Image Outside the city walls, two women meet facing each other. The older woman, wearing a matron's cap, has tossed garments over her left shoulder and holds them there with her right arm across her chest. A younger, curly-haired woman stands leaning slightly towards the older woman. They are deep in conversation. She holds an outstretched pair of pants, one leg in each hand. Women, who sometimes obtained skirts, bodices, cloaks, housecoats sold used clothing, waistcoats, shirts, and pants at estate auctions and sometimes purchased clothes from people who had outgrown or become tired of their g...
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Gender Male/Female
Title of the image Chirurgijn
Translation (English) Surgeon
Language source Dutch
Country source The Netherlands
Artist's name Jan Luyken
Artist's years and locations 1649-1712
Date of creation 1694
Medium Plate
Collection name Het Menselijk Bedrijf
Provenance Jan Luyken, Afbeelding der Menschelyke Bezigheden [=Spiegel van het Menslyk Bedryf] Amsterdam 1710


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