Vulgar words in Velazquez (Page 1)
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He was classed with the court buffoons and dwarfs who existed merely to amuse.
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In addition to the little company of dwarfs there were buffoons at the court, and of these Velazquez painted Pablillos, who is known as "the comedian," and Don Juan of Austria, whose portrait is a triumph of harmony in colour, the pink of mantle and stockings contrasting admirably with black doublet and cape.