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.
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Cast
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
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