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Describe the dfferent competing points of interest in Diego Velázquez's Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor). Besides the infanta Margarita, which figure, draws your attention the most? Explain why.
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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.
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