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File:DiegoVelazquez MeninasDetail.jpg

English: Self-portrait of Diego Velázquez as a detail in Las Meninas.
He sports the cross of the Order of Santiago that he was awarded in 1659. Legend has that Philip IV of Spain painted the cross over the 1656 picture.
Deutsch: Selbstportrait von Diego Velázquez, das Teil seines Gemäldes Las Meninas von 1656 ist.
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