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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. (10[1])A still life genre from this country depicting food items (10[1])includes urban scenes of a woman cooking eggs (-5[1])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[1])in which a man stands on a lit staircase. An artist from this country featured mirrors in the Rokeby Venus (-5[1])and another painting in which several attendants and a dog surround the Infanta Margarita. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this country home to the artist of Las Meninas, Diego Velázquez. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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