Occupation title source   Bauwer
Occupation title (english) Farmer
Hiscode 61110
Description of Image At the right, a bareheaded potter sits on a low box, with his legs extended in front of him. He turns a kick wheel with his left hand. His right hand holds the top of a clay jar with a wide mouth. Three clay items, unfired but drying to the leather-hard stage, are next to the potter. A faiencer sits on a slightly higher wooden box facing the potter. He holds a large plate flat in his left hand and is painting a design on its surface with his right hand. At the far left, there is a stack of plates on the floor awaiting the faiencer's attention. Behind the two workers, there is a narrow ta...
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Gender Male
Title of the image Bauwer
Translation (English) Farmer
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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