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The Spinners, or the Fable of Arachne (painting)

  • Spanish: Las Hilanderas
  • Type: Painting

The Spinners, or the Fable of Arachne is a painting by Spanish artist Diego Velazquez. - AsNotedIn




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The Spinners, or the Fable of Arachne (painting)
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Y/M/D Association Description Place Locale Food Event
1655/00/00 Diego Velazquez Artist Diego Velazquez creates "The Spinners, or the Fable of Arachne" for Don Pedro de Arce, huntsman to King Philip IV, 1655-1660.
1869/12/00 Thomas Eakins Education Let us ever divide things up so as to get as strong a start as possible. This is the way I think The Tapestry Weaver was painted, the finest piece of painting I have ever seen. - Thomas Eakins' notebook Museo del Prado, Madrid Madrid Thomas Eakins' Spanish Sojourn

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Particulars for The Spinners, or the Fable of Arachne (painting):
Area of Significance Art expression of creative skill and imagination such as painting or sculpture
Art Medium Canvas
Art Medium Oil
Art Type Painting art of using colored substance to create a picture




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