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The Shoemaker and the Spinner as Schoolmasters
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Workshop of a shoemaker, full of 'children' who read, fight, eat and drink. In the middle the shoemaker who is mending shoes and a spinning woman with spinning wheel in the right hand, a rod in the left hand. At her lap a child with reading book. Shoes hang on and stand on shelves against the back wall. Right a fireplace on which a print is fixed with the Crucifixion of Christ. With inscription in Dutch and French.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDe schoenmaker en de spinster als schoolmeesters. 1559. Pieter van der Borcht (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
