This image comes from Chojnacka and Wiesner-Hanks' book entitled, "Ages of Woman, Ages of Man: Sources in European social history, 1400-1750. 

This depicts a husband and wife working side by side in a bellmaking workshop in 1568 Germany. In their description of the image, the authors explain, "Husbands and wives often worked side by side in craft workshops" (Chojnacka, Wiesner-Hanks 129). The only division of labor shown in this woodcut is the husband's use of an axe while the wife works on details. This image does not necessarily depict happiness between married couples in Early Modern Germany, but it definitely expresses an egalitarian nature of marri