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The first person to paint true to life peasants was Pieter Bruegel. Until the renaissance people painted for kings, queens and the church. Bruegel is therefore
by Theodores 8y ago
The first person to paint true to life peasants was Pieter Bruegel. Until the renaissance people painted for kings, queens and the church. Bruegel is therefore an excellent source for being able to determine if this story is true.
If you look at his paintings then only the men are carrying knives. None of the women are. Why is this and can someone prove me wrong? I am not that familiar with his work and have not checked everything he painted yet I have not seen women with knives in his art.
- stcredzero 8y agoI should think a peasant woman of the time would wear a knife concealed beneath her skirts.
- Theodores 8y agoNope. I had to ask my favourite search engine since my observation on the topic was not deemed that relevant here. Surprisingly simple answer: "At many medieval dinner tables men and women ate in couples from a bowl shared between them, and when they did, men were expected courteously to serve their female partners, cutting portions of meat for them with their knives." So that explains my observation of the paintings from the era that only show the men with knives.