The painting is making its West Coast debut at the Norton Simon Museum, on loan from the Prado. Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Queen Mariana of Austria (1652 ...
Diego Velázquez’s Expulsion of the Moriscos (1627) did not have the same lucky escape as Las Meninas (1656) when a catastrophic four-day fire broke out in Madrid’s royal palace in 1734. Las Meninas ...
Etching on laid paper after the original oil on canvas Image Size 6 3/8 x 8 1/4 inches 15 x 17 inches ...
On Christmas Eve of 1734, a fire broke out at the Royal Alcázar of Madrid, a Spanish palace known for its extravagant architecture and bountiful art collection. Spreading quickly and uncontrollably, ...