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Diego Velázquez: Las Hilanderas  wikidata:Q984058 reasonator:Q984058
Artist
Diego Velázquez  (1599–1660)  wikidata:Q297 q:en:Diego Velázquez
 
Diego Velázquez
Alternative names
Birth name: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
Description Spanish painter and artist
Date of birth/death 6 June 1599 Edit this at Wikidata 6 August 1660 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Seville Madrid
Work location
Seville (1611–1622); Naples (1630–1631); Rome (1636–1637); Rome (1629–1630); Madrid (1622–1660); Italy (1649–1651); Venice (1629) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q297
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Title
Spanish:
Las hilanderas o la fábula de Aracne o los afiladores Edit this at Wikidata

label QS:Leu,"Arakneren fabula"
label QS:Last,"Les filanderes"
label QS:Lde,"Die Spinnerinnen"
label QS:Leo,"La Ŝpinistinoj"
label QS:Lit,"Filatrici"
label QS:Lfr,"Les Fileuses"
label QS:Lcy,"Chwedl Arachne"
label QS:Lpt,"As Fiandeiras"
label QS:Lca,"Les filadores"
label QS:Lpl,"Baśń o Arachne"
label QS:Lgl,"As fiandeiras"
label QS:Len,"Las Hilanderas"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre genre art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Español: La obra representa el momento en que la tejedora Aracne fue convertida en araña por la diosa Atenea, y es una de las obras mitológicas más conocidas del pintor sevillano Diego Velázquez.
Depicted people Athena Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1656
date QS:P571,+1656-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 220 cm (86.6 in); width: 289 cm (113.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,220U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,289U174728
institution QS:P195,Q160112
Accession number
P01173
Place of creation Spain Edit this at Wikidata
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Camera location40° 24′ 49.68″ N, 3° 41′ 31.2″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Captions

The Spinners, or, The Fable of Arachne (1644–48) by Velázquez.

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Las Hilanderas

coordinates of the point of view

40°24'49.7"N, 3°41'31.2"W

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