This image of a dark dyer was taken from a 1568 publication entitled Eygentliche Beschreibung Aller Stäande auf Erden [Actual Description of all Professions on Earth], with verses by Hans Sachs and illustrations by Jost Amman. The caption explains that the dark dyes offered are green, gray, black, and blue.
Source: “The Dark Dyer,” woodcut by Jost Amman, verses by Hans Sachs,
Ständebuch,
1568.
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