Las Meninas

Diego Velázquez

1656 · Oil on canvas · Museo del Prado, Madrid

Size2:3 ratio

Frame

$59Unframed print · made to order

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Las Meninas

Juan de Pareja

Portrait of Pope Innocent X

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About this work

Artist: Diego Velázquez (1599–1660)
Year: 1656
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 318 × 276 cm
Collection: Museo del Prado, Madrid
Movement: Baroque

The five-year-old Infanta Margarita stands at the centre of a high room in the Alcázar palace in Madrid, attended by two maids of honour, a dwarf, a female dwarf and a dozing mastiff, while Velázquez himself stands at a huge canvas looking out at the viewer. In a mirror on the back wall the king and queen, Philip IV and Mariana, appear faintly, as if standing where we stand. Painted in 1656, four years before the artist's death, it is at once a group portrait, a picture of the painter at work and a puzzle about who is looking at whom. The brushwork is astonishingly free up close and resolves at a distance. The red cross of the Order of Santiago on Velázquez's chest was added after he was knighted in 1659. It is the centrepiece of the Prado.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A high dim palace room that resolves at a distance, for a living room or hallway where you can step back, at 24×36 in black. Warm grey or deep green wall; the brushwork rewards anyone who then walks up close.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Baroque painting
Era: 17th century (1656)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: classic
Rooms: living room, hallway or entryway, dining room, dorm room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is Las Meninas in the public domain?

Yes. Diego Velázquez (1599–1660) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Museo del Prado.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Las Meninas painted, and in what medium?

Las Meninas dates from 1656 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 318 × 276 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Las Meninas we'd choose 24×36.

About this design

An exhibition poster of Velázquez's Las Meninas — the whole enigmatic court scene under a huge tracked surname banner on a deep ground from the work. One of the most analysed paintings in Western art, framed as a museum exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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The Madten promise

Gallery-grade archival giclée. Rich pigment inks on heavyweight fine-art paper (or gallery-wrapped canvas) — built to last, not a poster-shop print.

Arrives perfect or we reprint it — free. Every piece is made to order; if it shows up damaged or flawed we remake it, no return needed.

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