Whatever the reason, the result is enthralling. With just a small handful of Velázquez paintings in American museums, none west of Texas, the temporary visit of this knockout example by one of ...

The great hall hosted soirees and spectacles, as well as paintings celebrating the monarchy. Isabel’s portrait was intended to hang with that of her husband Philip IV and their son Prince ...

Recent X-radiographs reveal that Mariana’s portrait was painted atop an earlier sketch of the king, and that the canvas was enlarged in the 1660s, presumably after the painter’s death.

"The Velazquez Mystery" plumbs his genius. "Velázquez was a double genius, from a technical point of view, but also how he changed the rules, putting himself inside the paintings and creating ...