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Also Known As Diego Rodríguez de Silva Velázquez
Baptized June 6, 1599
Died August 6, 1660 • Madrid • Spain
Notable Works “Las Meninas”

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Infanta Margarita, oil painting by Diego Velázquez, 1660; in the Prado, Madrid. 2.2 × 1.5 m.
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