Velazquez and the Spanish Court
Not Just the Tudors
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You Are Here, You've Arrived.
The image holds you there, stopped in surprise, motionless as the moment it represents. They were here like guests at a surprise party, waiting for your arrival. The whole scene twinkles with expectation. That is the first sensation on the threshold of that gallery in the prado where lasmeninas hangs.
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