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Las meninas' (The Handmaidens of the Infanta Margarita in the Household of Philip IV) (after Velázquez) 1257140 | National Trust Collections
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Viewing Las Meninas from 1656 by Spanish painter Diego Velázquez at Museo del Prado in Madrid Stock Photo - Alamy
![Pierre Audouin | Las Meninas: the family of Philip IV in the foreground with the Infanta Margarita in the centre, Velázquez standing painting at left, the King and Queen reflected in the Pierre Audouin | Las Meninas: the family of Philip IV in the foreground with the Infanta Margarita in the centre, Velázquez standing painting at left, the King and Queen reflected in the](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/dp/original/DP836960.jpg)