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DIEGO RODRÍGUEZ DE SILVA Y VELÁZQUEZ BORN IN SEVILLE, BAPTIZED ON JUNE
6, 15991 AND DIED IN MADRID, AUGUST 6, 1660, KNOWN AS DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ,
WAS A SPANISH BAROQUE PAINTER CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GREATEST
EXPONENTS OF SPANISH PAINTING AND MASTER OF THE UNIVERSAL PAINTING.