Tag: Rokeby Venus

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was a 17th-century Spanish painter who produced “Las Meninas” and many renowned portraits as a member of King Philip IV’s royal court… Please follow link for full post

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, on winning the contest, was turned…