2026-02-11
6 分钟Hello everyone,
Tom Holland here and I am joined by the great Laura Cumming and we are looking at painting in history for paintings that reflect a particular period in history.
We'll be looking at the history of the painting itself,
the life of the artist and teasing out the mysteries that shadow all four paintings.
And today we are looking at Las Meninas by Diego de la Velazquez,
the painting that Laura Cumming who is joining me.
She sees it as the greatest painting of all time and we will be exploring why.
Hello everybody and welcome to the second in our series on great paintings and how they relate to the historical context and all of that.
And my guest today as it was in our first episode, the previous episode, the great Laura Cumming.
And Laura, today we are looking at a painting that is very close to your heart.
It is Las Meninas, so that is made servants, ladies-in-waiting, whatever,
by Diego de Velazquez, the great 17th century Spanish painter, Las Meninas, painted in 1656.
And it's Close to you both because you think it is what?
The greatest painting?
The greatest.
The greatest painting of all time.
Yes.
But also it's personal to you, isn't it?
It is.
And I saw it without knowing I was going to see it,