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Las Meninas (Spanish for 'The Ladies-in-waiting ' pronounced [las meˈninas]) is a 1656 painting in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Baroque.
- 318 cm × 276 cm (125.2 in × 108.7 in)
- Diego Velázquez
- 1656
Las Meninas. 1656. Oil on canvas. Room 012. This is one of Velázquez`s largest paintings and among those in which he made most effort to create a complex and credible composition that would convey a sense of life and reality while enclosing a dense network of meanings.
Apr 24, 2024 · Las Meninas, oil painting created in 1656 by iconic Spanish artist Diego Velázquez. Las Meninas shows Velázquez late in his career and at the height of his powers. Its complex composition creates an unparallelled illusion of reality and is a reason it is one of the most important paintings in the Western canon.
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Feb 28, 2022 · For over 350 years, art lovers have been fascinated by Las Meninas. This complex oil painting by Diego Velázquez is an incredibly nuanced depiction of life in the court of King Philip IV of Spain. Perhaps one of the most important paintings in all of Western art history, this masterpiece from 1656 continues to influence artists today.
Las Meninas, 1656 by Diego Velázquez. Las Meninas, or The maids of the infanta Margarita, is perhaps the absolute masterpiece of Velázquez, in that it epitomizes and synthesizes nearly the whole of his poetic world.
Oct 16, 2020 · In Diego Velázquez’s 17th-Century masterpiece Las Meninas, a ricochet of shadows and mirrors that never ceases to intrigue, a small and underappreciated clay jug at the centre of the...
Apr 4, 2020 · Painted in 1656, Diego Velázquez’s Las Meninas (which translates to ‘The Ladies in Waiting’) is one of the world’s most important pieces of art. Hanging in El Prado in Madrid, the huge painting has entranced, mystified, and touched its viewers for centuries, inspiring the works of Foucault and Picasso.
