Round 600: Tossup 9

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 country depicting food items (10[1])includes urban scenes of a woman cooking eggs and a waterseller. After the death of an artist from this country, a red cross was added to his chest in a painting in which a man stands on (10[1])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. For 10 points, name this country home to the artist of Las Meninas, Diego Velázquez. ■END■

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