One of the world's three famous paintings, the Spanish painter Vera Scaez's "Palace E" is one of the most unexpected works. (Figure 1)
Velázquez (1599-1660), at the age of 11, entered Herrera's studio to learn to paint, became an independent painter at the age of 19, when philip IV ascended the throne, the painter decided to go to the capital Madrid to break in, he painted a portrait of Philip IV (fig. 2), the king was very satisfied, from then on only Velázquez was allowed to paint his own portraits, and became a court painter at the age of 23. The painter painted many portraits of the royal family and nobles, the third is a portrait of Princess Teresa, the daughter of Philip IV, and the most influential is the 1656 painting of The Palace, now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
The background of the painting is that the painter was painting King Philip IV and Queen Mariana at that time, disturbed by the sudden intrusion of Princess Teresa, the painter cleverly captured this small accident, played a magic trick with the mirror, painted a two-dimensional picture into a three-dimensional space, the little princess was listed as the protagonist of the picture, surrounded by gong'e, dwarfs and retinues, on the left side of the picture is the painter himself is painting in front of the large drawing board, the object of the painting is the king and his wife outside the painting, the image of the king and his wife is reflected in the mirror behind the princess.
This kind of "painting in painting" is extremely ingenious, the light and color processing of the picture is unique, the character costumes are vividly depicted, the characters are meticulously portrayed, and the dwarf is very vivid and vivid.
Vilasquez, a remarkable court painter and a great realist painter who painted for the princes and nobles as well as for the commoners of humble origin, said: "I would rather be a vulgar painter second to none than an elegant painter under shame".
