Occupation title source   Uienverkoper
Occupation title (english) Onion seller
Hiscode 45220
Description of Image A man has a heavy wicker basket filled with onions. He balances the basket on his left shoulder with his arm and hand, while offering a braided strand of onions to an old woman seated at the left in a low chair. Buildings in the town can be seen behind them. Onions were a common vegetable in Holland, used liberally for the flavor they imparted to meats, stews, fish, and chicken. Braiding the onion tops together made it easy to hang them up in kitchens for storage purposes and easy for the peddlers to sell them in units rather than by weight or individually piece by piece. Braided onion...
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Gender Male
Title of the image Haal vuijen
Translation (English) Here's Onions
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
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