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Art

Painting: Portrait of Cardinal Bentivoglio, Portrait of François Duquesnoy, and Marchesa Elena Grimaldi, Wife of Marchese Nicola Cattaneo by Anthony Van Dyck; Baptism of Christ by Guido Reni. Diego Velázquez gains appointment as court painter at Madrid, where he will be famous for his naturalistic portraits of Felipe IV, the Infanta Maria, Marianna of Austria, Olivarez, court jesters, dwarfs, idiots, and beggars in addition to his religious paintings.

Sculpture: David by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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