Las Meninas
Francisco Goya etched a print of "Las Meninas" in 1778, and used Velázquez's painting as the model for his "Charles IV of Spain and His Family". As in "Las Meninas", the royal family in Goya's work is apparently visiting the artist's studio. In both paintings the artist is shown working on a canvas, of which only the rear is visible. Goya, however, replaces the atmospheric and warm perspective of "Las Meninas" with what Pierre Gassier calls a sense of "imminent suffocation". Goya's royal family is presented on a "stage facing the public, while in the shadow of the wings the painter, with a grim smile, points and says: 'Look at them and judge for yourself!' "