The Painting

1h 47m

Documentary History Animation

7.5

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.

Cast

Eusebio Poncela

Olivia Sanz Novoa

Himself - Historian

Herself - Prado Museum Staff Member

Francisco Calvo-Serraller

Himself - Historian

Himself - Prado Museum Staff Member

Herself - Artist

Keith Christiansen

Himself - MoMa Staff Member

Michael Gallagher

Himself - MoMa Staff Member

Svetlana Alpers

Herself - Art Historian

Fernando Marías Franco

Himself - Art Historian

Enrique Quintana

Himself - Prado Museum Staff Member

Félix de Azúa

Himself - Writer

José Manuel Cruz Valdovinos

Himself - Art Historian

Herself - Prado Museum Staff Member

Herself - Prado Museum Staff Member

Herself - Prado Museum Staff Member

Valentín J. Alejándrez

Himself - Writer

Matías Díaz Padrón

Himself - Art Historian

Antonio Sáseta

Himself - Architect

Jaime García-Máiquez

Himself - Prado Museum Staff Member

Antonio López García

Himself - Artist