1. 1. LAS MENINAS "The Meninas" is avery importantpainting.Its first titlewas "The family ofFelipe IV" and it is anoil lienzo realised in1656 by the Spanishbaroque painterDiego Velzquez.
2. 2. IN THE MIDDLE In the middle of thepicture, there is a girlof some five years oldwho is identifid as thechild Margarita.
3. 3. IN THE MIDDLE To the right and to theleft there are twobridesmaids. Themenina on the left isAgustina Sarmiento.She is offering waterto a child. To the rightthere is a secondmenina who is Isabelde Velasco.
4. 4. TO THE RIGHT In front of them, to theright two charactersappear, MaraBrbola and NicolsPertusato. The boy isplacing his leg on thedog.
5. 5. TO THE LEFT To the LEFT, behindIsabel de Sarmiento,we find the painter,Diego Velzquez.
6. 6. AT THE BACKGROUNG At the backgroundbetween shadowsthere are twocharacters speaking.One of them isMarcela Ulloa.
7. 7. AT THE BACK At the back of the picture, we can seeJos Nieto standing up in the stairs. On the wall at the bottom there is amirror. It is the reflection of twocharacters (Felipe IV y la reina Marianade Austria).
8. 8. OPINION This picture seems us very interesting. We can comment a lot of things on thispainting.