Cacharreros - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 07:40:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Cacharreros - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 The potter https://historylab.es/the-potter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-potter Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:19 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/el-cacharrero/ Goya portrayed this scene in which the potter was a character dedicated to selling everyday objects as merchandise during the 18th century

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]]> The complex scene depicted by Goya reflects life in the city in an everyday street manner. A Valencian cacharrero (identified by his characteristic attire) distributes merchandise on the ground that he sells to two young girls and an old woman. In the background, a carriage rushes past, with an elegant lady inside, watched by two gentlemen seated with their backs to it. Beneath this aspect of a bustling market scene lies another of unfulfilled desires: the young men in front of the vendor long for the beautiful earthenware pots, a symbol of feminine fragility, while the gentlemen seated on the straw gaze at the aristocratic lady hurrying past in her carriage. The resulting tapestry hung in the dining room of the Princes of Asturias (the future Charles IV and Maria Luisa of Parma)

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