José Villegas y Cordero: The Andalusian Fates (c1910-13)

“The present work depicts three vibrantly dressed young women in the guise of the three fates – Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos – who spin, measure, and cut the strands of fate which represent human life in Greek Mythology. The three figures gaze directly out of the picture plane, their sight lines directed toward the viewer….