| Occupation title source |
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Metzelaar |
| Occupation title (english) |
Bricklayer |
| Hiscode |
95120 |
| Description of Image |
A cooper stands in the square, with two wide, shallow wooden tubs in front of him. His raised right hand grasps an adze, which he will bring down onto the blunt end of the driver he uses to pound hoops into place around a large barrel.
This barrel will probably hold liquid, possibly beer or wine, because a bunghole has been left about a third of the way up for a tap. Slightly behind the cooper, an assistant with barrel hoops wrapped over his right shoulder watches the aproned cooper. Shaped barrel staves are scattered
on the ground. Behind the staves, a second man is walking with barrel ...
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| Gender |
Male |
| Title of the image |
Metzelaar |
| Translation (English) |
Bricklayer |
| 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 1745 |
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