Arachne changed into a spider: when hanging herself after having been defeated in a weaving contest with Minerva, Arachne is changed into a spider by the goddess (Ovid, Metamorphoses VI 135)

Minerva bezoekt vrouwen die spinnen en weven

Bernard Picart (mentioned on object), 1717

Vijf taferelen uit de Klassieke mythologie

anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1790

Minerva verandert Arachne in een spin

Antonio Tempesta, 1606