The ceiling of the room in which it is set has two mounts for chandeliers that do not appear in the painting.
Antonio Buero Vallejo wrote a play about this painting that shares its title. The most important commentaries on are those of Sir Kenneth Clark and Michel Foucault, whose take on it can be found in his book The Order of Things. The ceiling of the room in which it is set has two mounts for chandeliers that do not appear in the painting. In the rear are two large but unintelligible paintings above a mirror in which two people can be seen. In the right front corner stand two dwarves and a dog, while on the left stands the artist himself with a red cross on his chest, in the act of painting. In the foreground is the Infanta, surrounded by the titular servants. FTP, name this painting of the Spanish court by Diego Vel?quez.
Antonio Buero Vallejo wrote a play about this painting that shares its title.
Las Meninas or The Ladies in Waiting or La Familia de Felipe IV or The Family of Philip IV