The Painting

7.5

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.

Discover

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

Jaime García-Máiquez

Himself - Prado Museum Staff Member

Antonio López García

Himself - Artist

Art

Ricardo Sánchez Cuerda

Production Design

Camera

Javier Ruiz Gómez

Director of Photography

Teresa Arilla

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Macu Gómez

Makeup & Hair

Crew

Sergio Muñoz

Post-Production Manager

Francisco Calvo-Serraller

In Memory Of

Directing

Andrés Sanz Vicente

Director

Editing

Andrés Sanz Vicente

Editor

Lighting

Adolfo Berzosa

Gaffer

José Antonio Díaz Fernández

Gaffer

Production

Antonio Gómez-Olea

Producer

Belén Herrera de la Osa

Line Producer

Andrés Luque

Executive Producer

Iñigo García Garmendia

Executive Producer

Óscar de Julián

Researcher

Gonzalo Hervás

Researcher

Sound

Santiago Rapallo

Original Music Composer

Javier Adán

Original Music Composer

Micky López

Sound Recordist

Jorge Costilla

Sound Recordist

Federico Pájaro

Sound Mixer

Writing

Andrés Sanz Vicente

Writer

Art

Ricardo Sánchez Cuerda

Production Design

Camera

Javier Ruiz Gómez

Director of Photography

Teresa Arilla

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Macu Gómez

Makeup & Hair

Crew

Sergio Muñoz

Post-Production Manager

Francisco Calvo-Serraller

In Memory Of

Directing

Andrés Sanz Vicente

Director

Editing

Andrés Sanz Vicente

Editor

Lighting

Adolfo Berzosa

Gaffer

José Antonio Díaz Fernández

Gaffer

Production

Antonio Gómez-Olea

Producer

Belén Herrera de la Osa

Line Producer

Andrés Luque

Executive Producer

Iñigo García Garmendia

Executive Producer

Óscar de Julián

Researcher

Gonzalo Hervás

Researcher

Sound

Santiago Rapallo

Original Music Composer

Javier Adán

Original Music Composer

Micky López

Sound Recordist

Jorge Costilla

Sound Recordist

Federico Pájaro

Sound Mixer

Writing

Andrés Sanz Vicente

Writer