An engraving which has been colored with watercolors, showing a group of fishermen hauling a net on the ice.
“Winter landscape with many ice skaters, in the foreground Fischer pull a net out of the ice”, Claes Jansz, Visscher I, 1550-1612

This late 16th or early 17th century drawing shows what could be a variety of thrum caps in different shapes and colors. This is relatively unusual, as most paintings display only a single type.

Note that the gentleman on the right side seems to be wearing a skullcap-style thrum cap that has come slightly askew, which is very common in depictions of that type.

Found in the Städel Museum collection.

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