| Occupation title source |
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Kwakzalver |
| Occupation title (english) |
Quack |
| Hiscode |
07990 |
| Description of Image |
On a town square where an actor, wearing a plumed hat, performs on a raised wooden platform for a crowd of bystanders, a quack offers expensive salves, ointments, medicines, and potions. He wears a broad-brimmed hat, a short jacket with slashed sleeves, wide pants that are close gathered at the knees, and bows tied at the top of his hose. He carries a wicker basket, filled with bottles and jars, strapped across his chest. He holds a large jar in the palm of his right hand and elevates it up above his head. His left hand touches the tops of articles in his display case. His mouth is open as ...
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| Gender |
Male |
| Title of the image |
Costeliche salve |
| Translation (English) |
Costly Salves |
| 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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