Velazquez and the Spanish Court
Not Just the Tudors
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In the prada museum in madrid is one of the most extraordinary and portant paintings ever made. Las meninas is the work of diego rodriguez to silve e velatquet, arguably the greatest painter spain has ever known. In las maninaz several figures from the spanish court are gathered in the main chamber of the royal alcazar of madrid. Here, laura cumming, author and art critic for the observer, describes the breath taking moment when she encountered las meninas for the first time.
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