Rijtuig rijdt via een poort een stad binnen 1827 - 1851

Jean-Baptiste Madou created this print, "Rijtuig rijdt via een poort een stad binnen", which translates to "Carriage entering a city through a gate." Madou produced this print during a time of significant social transformation, as industrialization was reshaping European society. His genre scenes often capture the everyday lives of people navigating changing class structures and burgeoning urban environments. The print, which is French for "city entrance", gives us a glimpse into 19th-century urban life. We see a carriage filled with passengers, and it's about to pass through a stone archway, and workers are busy tending to horses and luggage. Madou captures the essence of a city gate, a place of transition and encounter. In this moment, people from diverse backgrounds and social classes converge. These scenes, charged with the energy of transformation, also highlight human interaction and the relationships between individuals from various walks of life, reflecting the complex and evolving social fabric of his time.