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The Painting

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7.5·2019·1h 47m

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 meni...

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Cast

Eusebio Poncela

Eusebio Poncela

The Man

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Olivia Sanz Novoa

The Girl

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Jonathan Brown

Himself - Historian

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Manuela Mena

Herself - Prado Museum Staff Member

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Francisco Calvo-Serraller

Himself - Historian

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Javier Portús

Himself - Prado Museum Staff Member

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Eve Sussman

Herself - Artist

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Keith Christiansen

Himself - MoMa Staff Member

DIRECTOR

Andrés Sanz Vicente

OVERVIEW

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.