Las Meninas
Diego Velázquez · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Image credit
Baroque
1599–1660
Working at the Spanish court, Velázquez developed a complex practice of portraiture and history painting.
Geographic context: Spain
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Diego Velázquez · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Image credit
Diego Velázquez · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Image credit
Purchase, Fletcher and Rogers Funds, and Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), by exchange, supplemented by gifts from friends of the Museum, 1971 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0 · Image credit
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Purchase, Fletcher and Rogers Funds, and Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), by exchange, supplemented by gifts from friends of the Museum, 1971 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0 · Image credit
Editorial source date: 15 Oct 2026

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