The work by Ginés Andrés de Aguirre depicts a horseshoe shop with all the typical functions that were carried out in these spaces. Looking at the composition from right to left, we can see the manufacture of horseshoes, the difficulty of equipping horses with them – reflected in the foreground – and finally, in the left-hand margin, the exercise of riding. The work could also be read in the opposite direction, from left to right, changing the factors and the narrative discourse without changing the content.
Collection: Images
Project: 3. Rural world and urban world in the formation of the European identity., 4. Family, daily life and social inequality in Europe.
Chronology: XVIII
Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University
Resource type: Image
Format: Oil on canvas (260 x 218 cm)
Source: Museo del Prado (Madrid)
Language: Spanish
Date: XVIII
Owner: Álvaro Romero González (Modernalia)
Identifier: P004724
Copyright: Museo del Prado (Madrid)
Abstract: Rural scene in which the blacksmith and his assistants are shown putting a horseshoe on the horse in the centre of the composition
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