In the new bourgeois societies, women were a fundamental support for their husbands in the task of collecting and accumulating money. They took part in the accounting of their husbands’ businesses and, in many cases, were in demand as accountants by merchant houses, accustomed as they were to the control of account books. Bourgeois women, without forgetting their role as mothers and wives, developed an economic-administrative activity acting on behalf of their husbands, but also when they were widowed or took over the inheritance of a prematurely deceased father. They handled rents and lent money in a historical phase in which money was an instrument for the accumulation of wealth.
Collection: Images
Project: 8. Women and the change for gender equality in Europe., 9. Travels and travelers: economic, social and cultural connections.
Chronology: XVI
Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University
Resource type: Image
Format: Oil on panel (83 x 97 cm)
Source: Museo del Prado (Madrid)
Language: Spanish
Date: 1539
Owner: Álvaro Romero González (Modernalia)
Identifier: P002567
Copyright: Museo del Prado (Madrid)
Abstract: Representation of women's activities in the world of work and economy through the brush of Marinus van Reymerswale
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BurguesesBurguesíaCambistasCasas mercantilesdineroFinanzasHistoria de las MujeresMujeresMuseo del PradoNegociosPinturasProfesiónProfesionesSiglo XVITrabajo
