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LESSON 2 · Art's Greatest Unsolved Mysteries

PAUSE TO THINK

How many self-portraits did Velázquez paint?

Only this one survives

Las Meninas contains the only confirmed **self-portrait** by Velázquez that has survived. Other possible self-portraits exist, but none are definitively attributed to him, making this painting even more significant.

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