#ArtaboutArt: To mark the birthday of #PabloPicasso, who was born on this day 141 years ago, we are exploring, ‘Picasso's meninas’, 1973, by #RichardHamilton. ⁠ ⁠ ◆ Hamilton made this print for the portfolio ‘Hommage à Picasso’, published as a tribute to Picasso on his 90th birthday. Hamilton combined the composition of the painting ‘Las Meninas’, 1656, by Diego Velázquez, housed @museoprado, with the graphic styles of #Picasso, from his ‘Rose’ period, through to ‘Cubism’, ‘Primitive’, ‘Neo-Classical’ and so on. ⁠ ⁠ ◆ Hamilton made ‘Picasso's meninas’ with master printer #AldoCrommelynck, Picasso’s etcher, using all of Picasso’s intaglio techniques. 15 years earlier Picasso paid homage to #Velázquez’s painting in a series of 45 interpretations. ⁠ ⁠ ◆ #MichaelCraigMartin has most recently paid homage to this masterpiece in a print, entitled 'Velazquez', 2022⁠, which is on view at the gallery until 5 November 2022.⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Click the link in our bio to hear Hamilton talk about the artwork.⁠ ⁠ 🎨 #ArtaboutArt is a new series of posts in which we explore works by our artists which directly make use of or appropriate specific historical artworks and genres.⁠ ⁠ ➡️⁠ Richard Hamilton; Picasso’s meninas, 1973⁠ Hard-, soft-ground and stipple etching, open-bite and lift-ground aquatint, engraving, drypoint and burnishing, on Rives paper⁠ Paper and Image 75 x 57 cm / Edition of 120 ⁠ ➡️⁠ Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez; Las Meninas, 1656⁠ Oil on canvas / 320.5cm x 281.5cm⁠ ➡️⁠ Michael Craig-Martin; Velazquez, 2022⁠ Pigment print⁠ Paper and Image 100 x 85.9 cm⁠ / Edition of 30⁠