King Felipe VI Explains ‘Las Meninas’ on Instagram to Celebrate the 1,000 Directs of the Prado Museum
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As every weekday since 2017, at 9.50 a.m., just before the first visitors to the Prado Museum, Javier Sainz and Héctor Pajares, who are responsible for social networks, greet hundreds of people live through the Instagram account of the pinacoteca. This Tuesday is particularly exultant because they have reached the direct thousand in a profile that adds 1.2 million followers. To celebrate it they have chosen one of the emblems of the museum, Las …
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King Felipe VI comments on the painting Las Meninas, by Diego Velázquez, in a video recorded in the Palacio de La Zarzuela and published in the Instagram account of the Museo Nacional del Prado, on the occasion of the 1,000th live broadcast on this social network. In his speech, the monarch highlights the figure of Velázquez, whom he defines as one of the most universal Spanish artists. “He was a painter of the court of Philip IV, in one of the …
The initiative is part of a digital museum campaign to bring the great masterpieces of his collection closer to the young audience.


The Prado Museum has arrived on Tuesday to the 1,000 live videos commenting every day on a painting by workers of the pinacoteca, experts and celebrities and has wanted to celebrate it with the King as a guest. Philip VI has been in charge of talking about one of the most visited works: he has chosen 'The family of Philip IV', better known as 'Las Meninas', of Velázquez.
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