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Catching and smoking herring at the Haringpakkerstoren, ca. 1600
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Catching and smoking herring at the Haringpakkerstoren, ca. 1600. The salting, smoking and packing of herring. In the foreground to the right the herring is being salted. To the left a herring smoker with a sign with the name Souterij. In the middle the herring is being packed in barrels. No. 3 from the series occupations in North Holland.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineHaring pakken en roken bij de Haringpakkerstoren, ca. 1600. 1608. Claes Jansz. Visscher (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
