"Las Meninas": Does the work seem to have personal meaning to the artist-that is, is it biographical?

Answer 1

This doesn't totally answer your question, but can lead you to it, possibly.

- Las Meninas is a picture about the role of framing, frames in the form of pictures, mirror, doors and windows.
- The king, queen, princess are known by being framed.
- Pictorial representation, an aesthetic order also engages a social order.
- V.'s understanding of the complex conditions of representation - both aesthetic and social - did not undermine his trust in it.
- Velasquez sees himself as part of the court he sees through.
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