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Image shows Charles S. Belford wearing a hat and suit.

In Leo Steinberg’s journal article about Velazquez’s Las Meninas, Steinberg highlights the idea that the subjects of Las Meninas were interrupted in whatever it was they were doing; in the foot notes he explains other philosophers highlight this idea…

The meninas come out of the picture in the work of Raúl Zuleta

A painting of one of the people in the painting Las Meninas. The girl handing water to the Princess.

description of the composition, colors, etc.

Virtual 3D model contemplating the use of a large mirror in gray (above, Velázquez and his companions are facing east; the angle of Velázquez’s vision as the painter and the position in which he appears in the actual painting are marked on the floor)…

This model is posted on-line for an interactive viewer experience where one can walk “inside” of the painting virtually and discover the correct physical position a spectator has to be in order for the perspective of the painting to work