Velázquez
Las Meninas
The painter's painter. Las Meninas — a painting about painting, about seeing, about the relationship between artist and subject — is the most intellectually complex picture ever made. Manet called him 'the painter of painters.'
Key works
- Las Meninas1656— Painting reflecting on itselfMuseo del Prado, Madrid
- Surrender of Breda1635— Magnanimity in victoryMuseo del Prado, Madrid