LAS MENINAS

• DOI: 10.37572/EdArt_0310406206

• Palavras-chave: Las Meninas; Velázquez; Art of Spain.

• Keywords: Las Meninas; Velázquez; Art of Spain.

• Abstract:

  Celebrated as Diego Velázquez’s masterpiece and one of the most important artworks in Western art history, Las Meninas is a huge oil on canvas that has been part of the Museo del Prado (Madrid) art collection since its foundation, in 1819. Throughout the past three centuries, dozens of interpretations of Las Meninas have been offered by art historians. While some have assumed that the painting is a literal representation of the Royal family - a genre scene of court life, with the king and queen reflected in the mirror behind Velázquez, others have contended that the painting is a representation of a classical representation: a painting about painting, raising ambiguity about the point of view of the artist and of possible onlookers. The following article explores the painting, including a brief analysis of its historical context and a review of scholars Jonathan Brown and Simon Altman´s research on the subject.

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