| Occupation title source |
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Steenhouwer |
| Occupation title (english) |
Stone-cutter |
| Hiscode |
71220 |
| Description of Image |
Two men inside a stonecutter's workshop fashion gravestones and sarcophagus covers. One sits on a bench straddling the stone he is cutting. He raises a heavy mallet over his head, preparing to strike it down on the blunt end of a chisel he holds against the stone. Chips of stone are near his feet. Behind him, a young bareheaded man stands erect, cutting into a huge block of stone with a heavy mallet and a chisel. A square and another mallet hang on nails in the wall in the background on the right. On the left, a sculpted head hangs from a rope to a nail. Light enters the shop through a large w...
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| Gender |
Male |
| Title of the image |
Steenhouwer |
| Translation (English) |
Stone-cutter |
| 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 |
| Icon essay copyright |
Granted |
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