| Occupation title source |
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Guertler |
| Occupation title (english) |
Belt Maker, Thong Maker |
| Hiscode |
80310 |
| Description of Image |
A weaver, wearing a soft, brimless cap, sits at his wooden loom. His broad back is much in evidence as he stretches his arms and hands over the loom. A young barefoot boy sits on a low chair near the weaver's loom. He spins thread on a spinning wheel.
Weaving was a major enterprise in the 17th century. The Dutch imported raw wool from England and Spain; spun it, wove it, dyed it, fulled it, trimmed it, and sent back finished bolts of fabric to their trading partners or sold the finished woolen fabric domestically.. The honest weaver, working at a loom in his cottage, was considered a symbo...
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| Gender |
Male |
| Title of the image |
Guertler |
| Translation (English) |
Belt Maker, Thong Maker |
| 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 |
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