During the Golden Age, the Spanish word ninfa (nymph), which referred especially to nocturnal nymphs, acquired a complementary meaning as an elegant way of referring to courtesans and women of loose customs. Brull used academic precepts and a realist language to represent these minor deities of the waters and forests, although the dreamlike veil covering the bodies and the twilight atmosphere of the scene bring it close to Symbolism.

G. Navarro, Carlos, Invitadas. Fragmentos sobre mujeres, ideología y artes plásticas en España (1833-1931), Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2020, p.182 nº 24