Evidence suggests that the Cross of St. James was added to the drapery of one figure in this work after the artist was inducted into the Order of Santiago.
A nun and confessor stand in the mid-ground of this painting, which includes several paintings from Rubens's Metamorphosis series in the background. Evidence suggests that the Cross of St. James was added to the drapery of one figure in this work after the artist was inducted into the Order of Santiago. Notably, this painting is the only known double portrait of King Philip IV and his wife Mariana of Austria, whose countenances are (*) reflected by a mirror in the background of this painting, while their daughter the Infanta Margarita is flanked by dwarves, a large dog, and the titular attendants in the foreground. For ten points name this 1656 painting which resides in the Prado, the magnum opus of Diego Velazquez.
A nun and confessor stand in the mid-ground of this painting, which includes several paintings from Rubens's Metamorphosis series in the background.
{Las Meninas} or The {Maids}{of Honor}