Artist: Diego Velázquez
Object: Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor)
From: for King of Spain (Philip IV)
Date: 1656
artistic movement: Spain Baroque Art
Origin: Spain
Material: oil on canvas
Depicts: Visually complex work; contrasts of true spaces, mirrored spaces, and picture spaces; to elevate himself and the profession of painting
-The painting is a complex group portrait featuring King Philip IV and Queen Mariana, their daughter (the Infanta Margarita), attendants of the royal family, clergy members, and the artist himself.