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The Painting

"What is happening in that room?"

For three and a half centuries, from the same day that Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) applied his last brushstroke to the canvas, the enigma of “Las meninas, o La familia de Felipe IV” (1656) has not been deciphered. The secret story of a painting unveiled as if it was the resolution of a perfect crime.

Top Cast

  • Eusebio Poncela

    Eusebio Poncela

    The Man

  • Olivia Sanz Novoa

    Olivia Sanz Novoa

    The Girl

  • Jonathan Brown

    Jonathan Brown

    Himself - Historian

  • Manuela Mena

    Manuela Mena

    Herself - Prado Museum Staff Member

  • Francisco Calvo-Serraller

    Francisco Calvo-Serraller

    Himself - Historian

  • Javier Portús

    Javier Portús

    Himself - Prado Museum Staff Member

  • Eve Sussman

    Eve Sussman

    Herself - Artist

  • Keith Christiansen

    Keith Christiansen

    Himself - MoMa Staff Member

  • Michael Gallagher

    Michael Gallagher

    Himself - MoMa Staff Member

Overview

For three and a half centuries, from the same day that Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) applied his last brushstroke to the canvas, the enigma of “Las meninas, o La familia de Felipe IV” (1656) has not been deciphered. The secret story of a painting unveiled as if it was the resolution of a perfect crime.

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