The Painting

Plot Summary

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.

Top 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