The Norton Simon Museum presents “Mariana: Velázquez’s Portrait of a Queen” from the Museo Nacional del Prado. On view from Friday through March 24, 2025, the exhibition is centered on […] ...

A previously unknown portrait by famed Spanish artist Diego Velázquez has been unveiled in London after it was spotted in a consignment of works by a largely forgotten British painter.

Director Elegance Bratton’s first full-length feature is the drama “The Inspection,” inspired by his own experience as a queer man who goes from a period of homelessness to joining the Marines.

Madrid’s Prado Museum has loaned a monumental 1653 Diego Velázquez painting to the Norton Simon Museum. At 14, Mariana married her uncle, Spain’s King Philip IV, then 44.

The commission for a formal portrait of Mariana of Austria, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor and Spain’s new queen consort, was a very big deal. Velázquez was up to the task.

And unlike “Portrait of a Man,” which was always in good condition, this canvas has been in poor shape for a long time. So poor, in fact, that Mr. Gallagher was at first terrified to touch it.