Leñadores - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 07:39:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Leñadores - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Lumberjacks or Winter https://historylab.es/lumberjacks-or-winter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lumberjacks-or-winter Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:38 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/lenadores-o-el-invierno/ Different groups of peasants engaged in seasonal activities in Modern Europe

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]]> The scene depicted by Fiammingo in the second half of the 16th century represents one of the typical tasks of the European peasantry of the time. Winter, a season characterised by cold weather, requires wood to be obtained in order to light a fire and keep the family’s outbuildings warm.

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]]> The woodcutters https://historylab.es/the-woodcutters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-woodcutters Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:19 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/los-lenadores/ Daily scene of three people chopping firewood, portrayed by Goya

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]]> A group of woodcutters, two of them with axes in their hands, chop down a fallen tree while another with his back to them gathers the wood. The format of the cardboard indicates that it is a composition designed for the decoration of a window shutter and is thus a companion piece to the work “Majo con guitarra” (“Majo with Guitar”). The resulting tapestry was intended for the decoration of the former bedroom of the Princes of Asturias (the future Charles IV and his wife Maria Luisa of Parma) in the Palacio del Pardo in Madrid

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