The painting “Meninas” is a recognized masterpiece of the artist. In describing the works of Velasquez, it was called “The Royal Family”, “The Family of Felipp IV”. The modern name “Las Meninas” it received in the nineteenth century. Slovo-meninina is of Portuguese origin.
Working on the canvas “Menina”, the artist, as it were, recalled all his way of the court portraitist, and created a picture of how they paint the picture. We see, judging by the reflection in the mirror, like a king and a queen, posing positively in an intense position to the Artist, who peers intently at them, standing in front of the easel.
The spatial structure and arrangement of the figures are such that, as spectators, we can be from the side of the menin group around the Infanta, peering at the royal couple. We can also stand on the other side, from Philip IV and his wife, watching the graceful, like the pupa, the Infanta and bent over to her two maid of honor.
In the picture there are also Karlitsa-urodka, and the dwarf stepping on the dog with bitterness. But this is all secondary, the main thing is the silver glow that comes from the central group, and the amazing feeling of the air space filling the room. The whole picture breathes harmony, a sense of touching the beautiful. There is a legend that Velasquez for a long time sought the Order of St. Iago, which gave great privileges and was appropriated only by the most aristocratic nobility.
The artist literally mired in collecting the necessary documents for this. When the work on Meninas was nearing completion, the king took a brush from the maestro and drew on his coat the badge of the Knight of the Order of St. Iago: the real art is above the credentials of the antiquity of the clan.
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