Four Spaniards

First : Diego Velazquez's Las Meninas (1656). The original.

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Second : Francisco Goya's etching Las Meninas (c. 1778) after Velazquez. Note it is the only one here that kept the original's proportions.

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Third : Salvador Dali's Infanta Margarita from Velazquez's Las Meninas (1981, titled "The Pearl".

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Fourth : Pablo Picasso's Las Meninas (1957, Picasso did dozens of paintings after Velazquez's Las Meninas)

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shaft

Shaft : a word that could be used as a sexual euphemism for either men or women.