The Lives of Velazquez
b'The painter Diego Vel\\xe1zquez (1599\\u20131660), commonly known as Vel\\xe1zquez, was an immensely talented painter who achieved great prominence during Spain\\u2019s Golden Age of art and literature. Las Meninas (1656), his most well-known painting, is a complex portrait of the daughter of the king and has inspired countless artists, including Goya and Picasso.\\n\\nIn this episode, paintings curator Anne Woollett discusses two biographies of Velazquez written by his contemporaries Francisco Pacheco and Antonio Palomino.'