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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 from this country depicted a peasant boy with a clubfoot smiling. A still life genre from this (10[1])country depicting food items includes urban scenes of a woman cooking eggs and a waterseller. (10[2])After the death of an artist from this country, a red cross was added to his chest in a painting (10[3])in which (10[1])a man stands on a lit staircase. An artist from this country featured mirrors in the Rokeby Venus and another painting in which several attendants and a dog surround the Infanta Margarita. (10[1])For 10 points, name this country (10[1])home to (10[1])the artist of Las Meninas, (10[1])Diego Velázquez. (10[1])■END■

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