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.

Documentary History Animation

Eusebio Poncela

(The Man)

Olivia Sanz Novoa

(The Girl)

Jonathan Brown

(Himself - Historian)

Manuela Mena

(Herself - Prado Museum Staff Member)

Francisco Calvo-Serraller

(Himself - Historian)

Javier Portús

(Himself - Prado Museum Staff Member)

Eve Sussman

(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)

Rocío Dávila

(Herself - Prado Museum Staff Member)

Maite Dávila

(Herself - Prado Museum Staff Member)

Carmen Garrido

(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)