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To the left of the picture we have Maria Agustina who is offering a silver tray to the
infant Margarita of Austria that is in the center. A little more to the right we see Isabel
de Velasco. A little further back, to the left, is Velazquez. Now you go to the right area
and in the background you see Marcela Ulloa and knight servant of the court. In the
background a wooden door opens and Jos Nieto appears. Hanging from the wall you
see a mirror that reflects the light where the king and the queen appear with a red
curtain.
LAS HILANDERAS
On the canvas, we observe that at first glance seems to be a scene of workshop. In the
foreground we have a series of spinning in the distaff and women preparing yarn. The
background shows three women, dressed as nobles, contemplating a tapestry in which
depicted a mythological motif. Aracne was a famous young for being a good Weaver,
who challenged the goddess Athena to a duel of tissue. Arachne would be the young
man who stands with their backs to the Viewer, weaving her tapestry that is
represented at the bottom of the stay, while the goddess would appear camouflaged
as the old woman we see in the foreground, so that the painter to give us clues of who
he really is, lets see your leg that it does not correspond with the age of the woman's
face.