Diego Velázquez’s 1656 painting “Las Meninas’’ is one of the great paintings of Western art history. With its canny composition and the central position of a mirror, the painting investigates illusion, reality, and space. With it, Velázquez made a stunning declaration about the power of art, and of the artist. David Ording pays homage to Velázquez’s painting with his insta…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:13PM on April 26, 2011