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- Title
"Las tapadas". Una propuesta sobre la representación de la prostitución en la pintura del Siglo de Oro.
- Authors
Del Canto, Candelas Argüello
- Abstract
During the Spanish Golden Age it was common for great painters, the likes of Velázquez or Murillo, to paint representations of common people, as for example pickpockets. In this article we propose that a female type, the woman who covers only one of her eyes, known as the 'tapada de un solo ojo' or the 'tapada de medio lado', was intended as a depiction of the luxury prostitute in the 17th century.
- Subjects
SPAIN; SPANISH painting; PAINTERS; PICKPOCKETS; SEX work; EVERYDAY life; SPANISH Golden Age, 1516-1700
- Publication
BSAA Arte, 2017, Issue 83, p235
- ISSN
1888-9751
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24197/bsaaa.83.2017.235-252