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

ANSWER: Spain [or España; or Kingdom of Spain [or Reino de España] (The first line refers to a bodegón by Juan Sánchez Cotán. The third line refers to bodegónes by Velázquez.)
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