Penelope and her attendants spinning thread

A depiction of Penelope, wife of Odysseus, with her attendants. Penelope sits on a chair at work on a thread. A servant takes away a mirror, and another brings today's cloth. The fillet above indicates that the scene takes place in Penelope's private chambers. From a vase in the collection of Sir William Hamilton. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1842

Agamemnon Antichi Antico Attendants Degli Ferrario Giulio Grecia Homer Moderno Spinning Thread

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