Las Meninas, Spanish for ‘The Ladies-in-waiting’, is a 1656 painting by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age. It currently hangs in the Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain, and is considered one of the most important paintings in Western art history. Worth millions of dollars, this life-size painting measures 318 cm × 276 cm (125.2 in × 108.7 in) and depicts the life in the court of King Philip IV of Spain. It has…
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Behind the Art: Why is Diego Velázquez’s Las Meninas one of the most written about paintings of all time?
