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The moneychanger and his wife: from scholastics to accounting

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El cambista y su mujer es un cuadro de la escuela flamenca, de principios del siglo XVI, ampliamente utilizado para ilustrar la actividad económica. Existen dos versiones: una de Quentin Massys, 1514, y otra de Marinus van Reymerswaele, 1539, con cambios relevantes entre ambas. Estos cambios tienen un significado económico importante. Las interpretaciones de este cuadro y otros similares que hacen los historiadores del arte son coherentes con su visión del mundo de la economía, más que responder a un análisis objetivo del cuadro y de la historia. Así, mientras que la imagen muestra la actividad comercial y financiera como una profesión normal y respetable, la mayoría de los historiadores del arte consideran que tiene una intención satírica y moralizante. Mi conclusión es que los prejuicios de los historiadores del arte hacia la actividad comercial y financiera les conducen a una interpretación equivocada del cuadro.

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  • Manuel Santos Redondo, 2000. "The moneychanger and his wife: from scholastics to accounting," Documentos de trabajo de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales 00-23, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucm:doctra:00-23
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