Trabajo; oficios; historia del trabajo; pintura; artes mecánicas; barbero; barba; oficio; Museo del Prado; siglo XVII; Jan Miel - History Lab https://historylab.es Thu, 19 May 2022 15:24:44 +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 Trabajo; oficios; historia del trabajo; pintura; artes mecánicas; barbero; barba; oficio; Museo del Prado; siglo XVII; Jan Miel - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 The local barber https://historylab.es/the-local-barber/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-local-barber Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:38 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/el-barbero-del-lugar/ Street barber plying his trade outside a rural house

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]]> Jan Miel reflects how 17th-century barbers carried out their work. The barber’s profession was one of the best paid, taking into account the time spent, the action itself and the materials used. In this sense, it was not too time-consuming, the materials to carry out his profession were not expensive and the time spent was not too much. However, the remuneration had mainly to do, not with the skill, but with the responsibility of passing the blade across the neck of the man he shaved. Thus, the king’s barber was paid handsomely because he had the monarch’s neck at his disposal. On rare occasions, barbers also acted as bleeders, as can be seen in 17th century Madrid documentation.

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