Etching, 1694, 1614×9,5cm, depicting a Bergwerker (miner), from Het Menselyk Bedryf (‘The Book of Trades’) is an Emblem book of 100 engravings by Jan Luyken and his son Caspar published in 1694, illustrating various trades in Amsterdam during the Dutch Golden Age. The majority of the trades shown are from the textile industry (12), followed […]