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Expulsion of the Moriscos

painting by Velázquez

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  • Diego Velázquez
    In Diego Velázquez: Court painter in Madrid

    …paint a historical subject, the Expulsion of the Moriscos (lost), in competition with other court painters. Velázquez was awarded the prize and the appointment in 1627 of gentleman usher to the king. Though he continued to paint other subjects, as court painter he was chiefly occupied in portraying members of…

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