Trabajo; oficios; historia del trabajo; pintura; artes mecánicas; bufón; Velázquez; retrato; Diego de Acedo; siglo XVII; Museo del Prado - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 07:30:06 +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; bufón; Velázquez; retrato; Diego de Acedo; siglo XVII; Museo del Prado - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Jester with books https://historylab.es/jester-with-books/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jester-with-books Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:38 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/bufon-con-libros/ Portrait of the jester Diego de Acedo, who is shown performing his act by gluing the pages of a book together

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]]> The jesters depicted by Velázquez constitute one of the most important motifs in his artistic production. In some cases they are isolated, but in others they are seen in the company of other members of the court, and often incorporate meanings that go beyond the simple depiction of physical features. All this has posed countless dilemmas for those who have sought interpretations in which the Sevillian master is seen as an artist with a social conscience, although on the other hand they are seen as works of the author’s implacable objectivity.

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