Trabajo; oficios; historia del trabajo; pintura; artes mecánicas; cocina; despensa; caza; Snyders; Museo del Prado; siglo XVII - History Lab https://historylab.es Thu, 19 May 2022 15:24:49 +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; cocina; despensa; caza; Snyders; Museo del Prado; siglo XVII - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 The cook in the pantry https://historylab.es/the-cook-in-the-pantry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-cook-in-the-pantry Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:38 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/la-cocinera-en-la-despensa/ Cook in a bulging larder portrayed by Snyders

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]]> Domestic chores, and in particular those connected with feeding the family, were carried out by women during the modern period. The scene in Frans Snyders’s studio shows a pantry with an infinite variety of meats: swans, fawns, wild boar, peacocks, rabbits and even fish. In addition, various fruits and vegetables are distributed in the background of the composition. The pantry, with its wealth of variety, makes the viewer think that he is in a privileged position in front of the great variety of meat, where dogs and cats fight for the best piece of meat. However, it should be put in its context as a vanity piece of decoration.

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