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Portrait of the Jester Calabazas by Diego Velázquez

Portrait of the Jester Calabazas

Diego Velázquez · 1630

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Artist
Diego Velázquez
Date
1630
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art
ART MOVEMENTS
Baroque
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Diego Velázquez

1599–1660 · Spain

Court painter to Philip IV whose mastery of light and realism changed Western art forever.

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