What were the famous portraits painted by Diego Velazquez during the 1600s?

Question

if you can give the exact date & the story behind why he painted it that'd be nice, but otherwise, that is all i want to know. thanks.

Answer 1

Velasquez was the court painter to the Hapsburg king Philip IV of Spain,so that's why he painted the royal family and other prominent people at the Spanish court.

His best known painting is 'Las Meninas' a picture of the Infanta Margarita and her entourage painted in 1656.