| Occupation title source |
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Mandemaaker |
| Occupation title (english) |
Basket-weaver |
| Hiscode |
94220 |
| Description of Image |
A basket-weaver wearing a soft cap sits on a box or block of wood in a straw-filled workshop. His legs are outstretched and spread apart to hold a large basket which he is weaving. He uses both hands to weave the wicker. Bundles of osiers are on the shop floor and leaning against the window at the left. A finished basket is on the floor. Two other baskets hang on nails in the wall behind the basket-weaver. A second worker stands behind the basket-weaver. Ms arms are raised and stretched wide to hold the handles of a huge basket balanced on his back and shoulders.
Baskets were used for many...
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| Gender |
Male |
| Title of the image |
Mandemaaker |
| Translation (English) |
Basket-weaver |
| 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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