Hi Holly,
I think the Problem is, that Velasquez called the picture: "La Fabula de
Aracné" ("The Story of Arachne" you know about Arachne who was a better spinner
than Athene and was transformed into a spider by the wrath of the Goddess) and
someone in the meantime made the mistake to misnomed it "The Weavers".
BTW in German it is called "Die Spinnerinnen" ("The Spinners")
best wishes
Ulrike from Germany
