The Spinners, or the Fable of Arachne

Engraving The Spinners, or the Fable of Arachne - Vélasquez

KM006635
Engraving of the engraver Arthur-Jules Mayeur from Velasquez, dated 1908.
Etching.
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Characteristics

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Maintenance
Eviter toute source d'humidité et de lumière directe. Ne pas plier la feuille
Themes
Gender and interior scene, Made in France
Dimensions
56 x 76 cm
Artist
Diego Velázquez (1599-1660)
Art movement
Baroque
Reference
KM006635
EAN
3336727378359
Matière de l'article
Papier hahnemühle
Editor
Ateliers d'art de la Rmn-GP
Conservation museum
Paris - Chalcographie du musée du Louvre

The work and its artist

Diego Velázquez (1599-1660)

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez is a Spanish Baroque painter. He is particularly known for his naturalistic paintings, and his mastery of the chiaroscuro technique. As a court painter, he has produced numerous portraits of the Spanish royal family, court people and decorative paintings for royal apartments over the course of his career. His most famous works are Les Menines (Las Meninas) and Les Fileuses (Las Hilanderas).