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Who created the Spanish royal group portrait Las Meninas in 1656?
Answer: Diego Velázquez
Why: Velázquez included himself in the scene, standing at an easel beside the five-year-old Infanta Margaret Theresa.
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What animal sits on a table in Picasso's anti-war mural Guernica?
Answer: A bird
Why: Picasso kept the mural in New York until Spain regained democracy; it finally flew to Madrid on 10 September 1981.
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What item of clothing is the Man in a Red Turban wearing?
Answer: A chaperon
Why: The red headgear is a hood whose long tail was piled up and wound over the top; Van Eyck dated the frame 21 October 1433.
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Why did the Mona Lisa become a global sensation in 1911?
Answer: It was stolen
Why: The thief, Vincenzo Peruggia, had helped build the painting's own protective case; he hid it in his Paris apartment until 1913.
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In the Arnolfini Portrait, what does the dog symbolize?
Answer: Loyalty and faithfulness
Why: The National Gallery says a print from van Eyck's finger or thumb is still visible in the paint beside the shadow of the dog's leg.
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Why did Whistler change his mother from standing to sitting?
Answer: She grew tired
Why: Anna Whistler sat for her son in 1871, and the Royal Academy came within a hair of rejecting the result for its 1872 show in London.
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