A typical example of mise en abyme is the painting, Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez which is located here at the Museo del Prado. The painting shows the subject within the subject of mise en abyme.
Mise en abyme (French pronunciation: [miz‿ɑ̃n‿abim]; also mise en abîme) is a term originally from the French and means "placed into abyss".