Royal Portraits
2 postsPortrait of Pope Innocent X
Painting (oil on canvas) · Diego Velázquez
Innocent X did not want the portrait to make him look good. He wanted it to make him look right. Velázquez, who had arrived in Rome in 1649 for his second visit to Italy and stayed nearly two years, u
great0506·5/16/2026
Las Meninas
Painting (oil on canvas) · Diego Velázquez
The painting is built around an unanswered question, and the question is the painting's actual subject. Velázquez stands behind a large canvas at the left edge of the picture, brush in hand, looking o
great0506·5/16/2026
