Occupation title source   Bischoff
Occupation title (english) Bishop
Hiscode 14120
Description of Image A kettlesmith or tinker sits in the open air using a wooden stake to position a kettle so he can hammer the rim smooth. He grasps the rim with his left hand and holds the hammer in his raised right hand. A large metal kettle is in the right foreground. A woman approaches from behind the tinker. She holds a metal cooking pot by its handle in her left hand; a long handled frying pan is in her right hand. Both pans need repair. In the background, a second man walks away from the tinker carrying kettles strapped on his back. He holds a long handled, shallow, fry pan in his hand. A woman sits in fr...
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Gender Male
Title of the image Bischoff
Translation (English) Bishop
Language source German
Country source Germany
Artist's name Jost Amman
Artist's years and locations 1539-1591
Date of creation 1568
Medium Plate
Collection name Ständebuch
Provenance Jost Amman's Staende und handwerter mit versen von Hans Sachs. Frankfurt a/M 1568, Reprint Muenchen 1884
Status 52


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