Friday morning found Diego Velázquez striking the familiar pose he has held for the past 370 years, staring out, brush in one hand, palette in the other, from the huge canvas of Las Meninas.
The 14 people who stood before the painting to meet the Spanish artist’s haughty gaze – not to mention the heavy eyes of the dozy mastiff in the picture’s foreground – were among the first visitors of the day to Madrid’s Prado Museum.
Given recent comments by the Prado’s director, they may have felt it was worth braving the January cold and drizzle to get through the door as early as possible.
View image in fullscreen People look at Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez in the Prado. Photograph: Alex Segre/Alamy
On Wednesday, Miguel Falomir told a press conference that the museum, which w
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