Diego Rodriguez De Silva Velasquez was a Spanish painter considered to be the maximum exponent of the Baroque style. Named official painter of Filippo IV, he lived in a period of intense activity as a portrait painter and was favored by members of the royal family and the court. The namesake of this pen, “Las Meninas” is a painting from 1656 which is housed in the Prado Museum in Madrid. It shows the Infant Margarita surrounded buy her entourage of maids of honor.

For the first time in its history, Delta introduces a pen featuring one of the earliest filling systems, the button filler. This system was an evolution from the level filling system and has been in use since the beginning of the 20th century.

This writing instrument, limited to only 656 pieces worldwide, is manufactured from transparent resin so that you can see and understand the details of the button filling system. The solid sterling silver Infant portrait is embedded in the clear resin.

This fountain pen is bottle fill only and comes fitted with a platinum plated, smooth and flexible 18K gold nib. MSRP on the Delta Las Meninas Limited Edition Demonstrator Fountain Pen $895.