Las Hilanderas, The Spinners, 1657
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Las Hilanderas, The Spinners, 1657
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Print Collector
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Drawing - Illustration
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Las Hilanderas', (The Spinners), 1657, (c1934). Traditionally, believed to depict women workers in the tapestry workshop of Santa Isabel, iconography suggests Ovid's Fable of Arachne, the story of the mortal Arachne who dared to challenge the goddess Athena to a weaving competition and, on winning the contest, was turned into a spider by the jealous goddess. Oil on canvas. Held in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. From Galerias De Europa: Museo Del Prado, by A. De Beruete y Moret & Augusto L. Mayer. [Editorial Labor, S.A., Barcelona, c1934]. Artist Diego Velasquez(Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)
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