Diego Velázquez

Las Meninas

US$ 669.00

The Infanta Margarita stands attended by her maids of honour, while Velázquez himself looks out from behind a large canvas whose subject we never see. A mirror on the back wall reflects the king and queen, placing the viewer exactly where the royal couple must be standing. It is a painting about looking and being looked at, and it has never stopped provoking argument about who, precisely, is the subject.

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Artist

Diego Velázquez (1599–1660) served as court painter to Philip IV of Spain for most of his working life, and turned the constraints of that role into the most quietly radical painting of the Spanish Golden Age. He worked with a loaded brush and an economy that looks almost careless up close and resolves into exactness at a distance — a technique that made him a hero to Manet, Whistler and Picasso alike.

Material Archival canvas
Frame Supplied rolled, unframed
Print Fine-art print, printed to order
Size 40 × 46 inches
Delivery 2–3 weeks
Certificate of Authenticity Included, emailed on delivery
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