The Spinners
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The Spinners is a celebrated 17th-century painting by Diego Velázquez that depicts women working in a tapestry workshop, renowned for its complex composition and exploration of myth and reality.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Spinners canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalPeriod | Spanish Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Diego Velázquez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | myth of Arachne from Ovid's Metamorphoses ⓘ |
| catalogCode | Museo del Prado P001173 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | Museo del Prado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| creator | Diego Velázquez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation | circa 1655–1660 ⓘ |
| depicts |
Arachne
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goddess Athena (Minerva) NERFINISHED ⓘ myth of Arachne ⓘ spinners NERFINISHED ⓘ tapestry making ⓘ weavers ⓘ women working in a tapestry workshop ⓘ |
| genre |
genre painting
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history painting ⓘ mythological painting ⓘ |
| hasPart |
background mythological scene
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foreground workshop scene ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
artistic competition
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punishment of hubris ⓘ relationship between art and reality ⓘ status of manual labor and craft ⓘ |
| inception | c. 1657 ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Italian art ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Madrid ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Museo del Prado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Baroque ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex composition
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exploration of myth and reality ⓘ illusionistic space ⓘ multi-layered narrative ⓘ use of light and shadow ⓘ |
| owner | Spanish state NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Velázquez’s late works ⓘ |
| pictorialTechnique |
loose, painterly brushwork
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strong chiaroscuro ⓘ |
| significantPlaceIn | canon of Western art ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| title |
Las hilanderas
NERFINISHED
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The Spinners NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spinners or The Fable of Arachne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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