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Two Sawyers

Pieter van Somerwil (I) · c. 1718 - c. 1734 · silver (metal)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Two sawyers on two movable slats with an anvil between them on the upper slat. As the slats move back and forth, first one smith and then the other strikes the anvil. The figure is marked: maker's mark = Amsterdam and master's mark = Pieter van Somerwil I.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

figure miniature smith, blacksmith

Credit lineTwee zagemannen. c. 1718 - c. 1734. Pieter van Somerwil (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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