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An art genre popular in this country includes a painting of a quince (“kwince”) and cabbage suspended from a string. A Baroque artist (10[1])from this country depicted a peasant boy with a clubfoot smiling. A still life genre from this country depicting food items (10[1]-5[1])includes urban scenes of a woman cooking eggs and a waterseller. After the death (-5[1])of an artist from this country, a red cross was added to his chest (10[1])in a painting in which a man stands (10[1])on a lit staircase. (10[1])An artist from this country featured mirrors in the Rokeby (10[1])Venus and another (-5[1])painting in which several attendants and a dog surround the (10[1])Infanta Margarita. For 10 points, name this country home to the artist of Las (10[1])Meninas, Diego Velázquez. ■END■ (10[2])

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