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1599 – 1660Diego VelázquezBaroque · SpainDiego Velázquez (June 6, 1599 – August 6, 1660) was the leading painter of the Spanish Golden Age and court painter to Philip IV. Las Meninas is considered one of the most important paintings in Western art history.