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| Spanish artist Diego Velázquez contrasts two scenes in his painting The Spinners (about 1656, Prado, Madrid, Spain). In the foreground is a simple workshop with women in bare feet spinning wool. In the background, elegantly dressed women appear with two figures from mythology, Athena and Arachne. According to fable, Arachne was a weaver so talented that she challenged the goddess Athena. Velázquez's painting is also called The Fable of Arachne. | ||||||
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| Velázquez, Diego (artist); Prado, Museo del | ||||||
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