Las Meninas (The Maids of Honour) is a 1656 Baroque masterpiece by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age, in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. From the first quarter of the nineteenth century, Velázquez's artwork was a model for the realist and impressionist painters and widely tributed.
The work's complex and enigmatic composition raises questions about reality and illusion, and creates an uncertain relationship between the viewer and the figures depicted. Because of these complexities, it has been one of the most widely analyzed works in Western painting and has long been recognised as one of the most important paintings in Western art history.
The painting shows a large room in the Royal Alcazar of Madrid during the reign of King Philip IV of Spain, and presents several figures.The young Infanta Margaret Theresa is surrounded by her entourage, in the left corner Velázquez portrays himself working at a large canvas. In the background there is a mirror that reflects the upper bodies of the king and the queen, a chamberlain is next to a door.
Velázquez received the honor of knighthood and we can see the Cross of Saint James on the breast of the painter.
The work's complex and enigmatic composition raises questions about reality and illusion, and creates an uncertain relationship between the viewer and the figures depicted. Because of these complexities, it has been one of the most widely analyzed works in Western painting and has long been recognised as one of the most important paintings in Western art history.
The painting shows a large room in the Royal Alcazar of Madrid during the reign of King Philip IV of Spain, and presents several figures.The young Infanta Margaret Theresa is surrounded by her entourage, in the left corner Velázquez portrays himself working at a large canvas. In the background there is a mirror that reflects the upper bodies of the king and the queen, a chamberlain is next to a door.
Velázquez received the honor of knighthood and we can see the Cross of Saint James on the breast of the painter.
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