2024-M S€50 / Cinq 5oz Silver, Velázquez, Las Meninas/Mars, Colorized PR DCAM

To mark the 425th anniversary of the birth of Diego Velázquez (Seville, 1599 – Madrid, 1660), court painter to Philip IV and one of the great masters of universal painting, the Royal Spanish Mint issues five coins reproducing masterpieces held at the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid and The National Gallery in London.

The series brings together three square 1 oz silver coins, a silver Cincuentín and a gold 8-escudos piece, all struck in proof quality and framed by a border evoking the filigree of the Baroque.

Obverse Description

In color, a fragment of “Las Meninas” (1656), Velázquez’s most celebrated work, kept at the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.

Reverse Description

“Marte” (Mars), painted around 1638 and kept at the Museo Nacional del Prado. The work is first documented at the Torre de la Parada, the royal hunting lodge of Philip IV.

Source: Real Casa de la Moneda (Spanish Mint)