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Jun 2024
9m 53s

Diego Velazquez | Las Meninas (encore)

KYLE WOOD
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Diego Velazques was one of the most significant painters of Spain's Golden Age in the 17th century. He was a master of both portraiture and genre painting, Las Meninas is a sort of mix of both. We see people who seem rather formally dressed by today’s standards, but the subject is also, it was a peak behind the curtain of royal life. Withing the work, the fi ... Show More
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