The Painting

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.

Details

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

Félix de Azúa

Himself - Writer

José Manuel Cruz Valdovinos

Himself - Art Historian

Rocío Dávila

Herself - Prado Museum Staff Member

Maite Dávila

Herself - Prado Museum Staff Member

Carmen Garrido

Herself - Prado Museum Staff Member

Valentín J. Alejándrez

Himself - Writer

Matías Díaz Padrón

Himself - Art Historian

Antonio Sáseta

Himself - Architect