Mensaje; soldado; mensajero; guerra; costumbrismo; Mauritshuis; siglo XVII; Borch - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 15:27:58 +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 Mensaje; soldado; mensajero; guerra; costumbrismo; Mauritshuis; siglo XVII; Borch - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 The messenger https://historylab.es/the-messenger/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-messenger Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:31:53 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/el-mensajero/ A messenger delivers a letter to a young man whose purpose is his departure to the frontline

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]]> Terch Borch became famous for his intimate scenes in which the figures seem absorbed by the action taking place in their presence. In this scene, a soldier is depicted receiving a letter from a messenger. It is easy to imagine that the letter is a call to the front, which is easy to imagine from the soldier’s expression. This entailed being far away from the girl who stands so lovingly by him and who looks incredulously at the news.

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