Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Las Meninas

Las Meninas, (Little girls in Portuguese) those bridesmaids of the Infanta Margarita Teresa of Austria, (July 12, 1651, Madrid - March 12, 1673, Viena, Felipe´s IV daughter, present in Velázquez's famous painting, of the Baroque, finished in 1656, are in an open air exhibition in Madrid downtown.

The painting was made in oil on a canvas of 310 cm x 276 cm and it is in the National Museum of  del Prado, in Madrid, one of the best Museums in the world hands down.

There are over 50 original Meninas of 1.80 meters high created by many plastic artists, actors and actresses, chefs or athletes according the official tourism website of Madrid.
So whether you live in Madrid or you are visiting the City you can look for them everywhere and take a picture. These are a few ones I took so far.
The exhibition will be until November, 30, 2019. It's worthwhile to see it.