Las Hilanderas is a late masterpiece by the Spanish painter Diego Velázquez, painted for Don Pedro de Arce, huntsman to King Philip IV. The private patronage of the painting has caused it to be shrouded in some mystery, one uncertainty being its date of creation. Stylistic elements, such as the lightness, the economical use of paint, and the clear influence of the Italian Baroque, have lead many scholars to assert that it was painted in 1657.

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  • Las Hilanderas is a late masterpiece by the Spanish painter Diego Velázquez, painted for Don Pedro de Arce, huntsman to King Philip IV. The private patronage of the painting has caused it to be shrouded in some mystery, one uncertainty being its date of creation. Stylistic elements, such as the lightness, the economical use of paint, and the clear influence of the Italian Baroque, have lead many scholars to assert that it was painted in 1657. Others place it earlier, at some time between 1644-50, perhaps because certain aspects of its form and content recall the bodegones Velázquez painted in his early career. The second ambiguity concerns the subject matter. Traditionally, it was believed that the painting depicted women workers in the tapestry workshop of Santa Isabel. In 1948, however, Diego Angula observed that the iconography suggested Ovid's Fable of Arachne, the story of the mortal Arachne who dared to challenge the goddess Athena to a weaving competition and, in losing the contest, was turned into a spider. This is now generally accepted as the correct interpretation of the painting. In Las Hilanderas, Velázquez developed a layered composition, an approach he had often used in his earlier bodegones, such as the Kitchen Scene with Christ in the House of Martha and Mary. In the foreground is the contest. The goddess Athena, disguised as an old woman, is on the left and Arachne, in a white top facing away from the viewer, is on the right. Three helpers assist them. In the background, a raised platform (perhaps a stage) displays the finished tapestries. The one visible to us is Arachne's, showing The Rape of Europa — another Greek myth. This is in fact a copy of Titian's version of the subject, which was in the Spanish royal collection. The painting has been interpreted as an allegory of the arts and even as a commentary on the range of creative endeavor, with the fine arts represented by the goddess and the crafts represented by Arachne. Others think that Velázquez' message was simply that to create great works of art, both great creativity and hard technical work are required. Other scholars have read political allegories into the work.
  • Die Spinnerinnen (Las Hilanderas) oder auch Die Sage der Arachne (La fábula de Aracné)ist ein Gemälde des spanischen Malers Diego Velázquez. Das zwischen 1644 und 1658 entstandene Gemälde misst 2,89 x 2,20 Meter. Es ist heute im Museo del Prado in Madrid zu besichtigen. Das Bild ist an allen vier Seiten durch Anstückungen erweitert worden und hat jetzt ungefähr wieder die Ausmaße von 1664, als es im Inventar von Don Pedro de Arco mit einem Wert von 500 Dukaten aufgeführt wird
  • La fábula de Aracné o El sueño de Aracné, popularmente conocido como Las hilanderas es un lienzo de Diego Velázquez, conservado en el Museo del Prado. Esta obra es de los máximos exponentes de la pintura barroca española y está considerada como unos de los grandes ejemplos de la maestría de Velázquez. Temáticamente es una de sus obras más enigmáticas, pues aún no se conoce el verdadero propósito de esta obra.
  • Les Fileuses est le nom d'un tableau peint par Diego Vélasquez entre 1644 et 1648. Il est visible au Musée du Prado de Madrid.
  • Le filatrici (La favola di Aracne) è un dipinto ad olio su tela di cm 167 x 252 realizzato nel 1657 circa dal pittore Diego Velázquez. È conservato al Museo del Prado di Madrid. Fino alla metà del XX secolo il dipinto era intitolato La fabbrica di arazzi di Santa Isabella in Madrid: solo nel 1948, infatti, gli studi dello storico e critico d'arte Diego Angulo Iñiguez permisero di ravvisare una relazione tra il dipinto ed l'antico mito greco di Aracne.
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  • Las Hilanderas (The Fable of Arachne)
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  • c. 1657
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  • Las Hilanderas is a late masterpiece by the Spanish painter Diego Velázquez, painted for Don Pedro de Arce, huntsman to King Philip IV. The private patronage of the painting has caused it to be shrouded in some mystery, one uncertainty being its date of creation. Stylistic elements, such as the lightness, the economical use of paint, and the clear influence of the Italian Baroque, have lead many scholars to assert that it was painted in 1657.
  • Die Spinnerinnen (Las Hilanderas) oder auch Die Sage der Arachne (La fábula de Aracné)ist ein Gemälde des spanischen Malers Diego Velázquez. Das zwischen 1644 und 1658 entstandene Gemälde misst 2,89 x 2,20 Meter. Es ist heute im Museo del Prado in Madrid zu besichtigen. Das Bild ist an allen vier Seiten durch Anstückungen erweitert worden und hat jetzt ungefähr wieder die Ausmaße von 1664, als es im Inventar von Don Pedro de Arco mit einem Wert von 500 Dukaten aufgeführt wird
  • La fábula de Aracné o El sueño de Aracné, popularmente conocido como Las hilanderas es un lienzo de Diego Velázquez, conservado en el Museo del Prado. Esta obra es de los máximos exponentes de la pintura barroca española y está considerada como unos de los grandes ejemplos de la maestría de Velázquez. Temáticamente es una de sus obras más enigmáticas, pues aún no se conoce el verdadero propósito de esta obra.
  • Les Fileuses est le nom d'un tableau peint par Diego Vélasquez entre 1644 et 1648. Il est visible au Musée du Prado de Madrid.
  • Le filatrici (La favola di Aracne) è un dipinto ad olio su tela di cm 167 x 252 realizzato nel 1657 circa dal pittore Diego Velázquez. È conservato al Museo del Prado di Madrid. Fino alla metà del XX secolo il dipinto era intitolato La fabbrica di arazzi di Santa Isabella in Madrid: solo nel 1948, infatti, gli studi dello storico e critico d'arte Diego Angulo Iñiguez permisero di ravvisare una relazione tra il dipinto ed l'antico mito greco di Aracne.
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  • Las Hilanderas (Velázquez)
  • Die Spinnerinnen
  • La fábula de Aracné
  • Les Fileuses
  • Filatrici
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