Diego Velázquez’s Expulsion of the Moriscos (1627) did not have the same lucky escape as Las Meninas (1656) when a catastrophic four-day fire broke out in Madrid’s royal palace in 1734. Las Meninas ...

A full-length portrait painted by Spanish painter Diego Velázquez of Queen Isabel de Borbón, the wife of Spain’s King Philip IV, is expected to fetch $35 million when it heads to auction at Sotheby’s ...

For over a year, climate activists in Britain have performed stunts in museums to draw attention to their cause. They’ve often damaged frames, and now appear to have damaged a painting, too. By Alex ...

Diego Velázquez’s “Queen Mariana of Austria” (1652-53), a monumental portrait of the daughter of the Hapsburg Emperor Ferdinand III, is at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, Calif., through March 24 ...

A portrait of a Spanish queen painted by Diego Velázquez, the 17th-century artist celebrated for his depictions of Spain’s royal family, is expected to shatter his auction record when it goes up for ...