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No Photos, No Mercy: The Prado According to Marta
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No Photos, No Mercy: The Prado According to Marta

Jul 14, 2026 20 min read

From lapis lazuli to bare flesh: seventy-five minutes of beauty, scandal and darkness at Madrid’s Prado. Even before entering the Prado Museum in Madrid, visitors are greeted by two men who largely define its character. Diego Velázquez, the seventeenth-century court painter who transformed royal interiors into some of the most sophisticated visua