Las Hilanderas

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Las Hilanderas

painting by Velázquez

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Diego Velázquez
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The Spinners; or, The Fable of Arachne (1655–60), a genre scene in a tapestry factory, is at the same time an illustration of the ancient Greek fable of the spinning contest between Pallas Athena and Arachne. Here the mythological subject—like the religious scene in some…
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The Spinners; or, The Fable of Arachne (1655–60), a genre scene in a tapestry factory, is at the same time an illustration of the ancient Greek fable of the spinning contest between Pallas Athena and Arachne. Here the mythological subject—like the religious scene in some…
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