text: Las Meninas ( Spanish for The Maids of Honour ) is a 1656 painting by Diego VelÃ zquez , the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age , in the Museo del Prado in Madrid .
simplified: Las Meninas is a very famous painting by the Spanish painter Diego VelÃ zquez . The painting hangs in the Museo del Prado in Madrid , the capital of Spain .