Costumbres populares; Madrid; Ilustración; paseantes; Delicias; paseo; fiesta; Museo del Prado; siglo XVIII; Collantes - History Lab https://historylab.es Thu, 19 May 2022 15:19:42 +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 Costumbres populares; Madrid; Ilustración; paseantes; Delicias; paseo; fiesta; Museo del Prado; siglo XVIII; Collantes - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 The Walk of Delights https://historylab.es/the-walk-of-delights/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-walk-of-delights Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:49 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/el-paseo-de-las-delicias/ View of the Paseo de las Delicias in the illustrated Madrid by Francisco Bayeu and Subías

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]]> On this popular promenade, which linked the Manzanares to the Puerta de Atocha, the nobles and their ladies mingled, with refined attitudes typical of courtly etiquette, along with majos like those seated relaxedly on the right bank. This work is a preparatory sketch and presentation to the king for a tapestry intended for the room of the Princes of Asturias in the Palace of El Pardo, painted by Ramón Bayeu. This spontaneous work by Francisco Bayeu depicts scenes of life in 18th-century Madrid.

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