Domínguez Bécquer’s scene is set in the Soria village of Villaciervos. In front of the wall of a woodcutters’ house on the right of the canvas is an ox-drawn cart loaded with freshly cut beams of wood. When the work is finished to celebrate the break, two pairs of peasants and another pair of children dance in front of the cart to the beat of a drum played by a local man seated on the far left of the painting, wrapped in the white cloak typical of the village of Villaciervos. Next to him, a woman and a girl smile to the sound of the music. Other villagers watch the dance from the top of a wall or chatting happily by the roadside as they watch the dancers.
Collection: Images
Project: 3. Rural world and urban world in the formation of the European identity., 4. Family, daily life and social inequality in Europe.
Chronology: XIX
Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University
Resource type: Image
Format: Oil on canvas (65 x 101 cm)
Source: Museo del Prado (Madrid)
Language: Spanish
Date: 1866
Owner: Álvaro Romero González (Modernalia)
Identifier: P004234
Copyright: Museo del Prado (Madrid)
Abstract: Festive activities of the European peasantry in Early Modern Spain
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Tags
Campesinado; Historia rural; historia de la familia; campesinos; baile; Soria; costumbre popular; pintura; Bécquer; siglo XIXMuseo del Prado
