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	Painter: Unknown Portrait: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Cervantes is a Golden Age novelist and playwright. He is most famous for his book Don Quijote, one of the most respected classics of Hispanic literature.
	Painter: Pablo Ruiz y Picasso A 20th century Spanish painter and sculptor, Picasso is best known for pioneering the modern art movement of cubism. Portrait: Dora Maar (1937) Maar is a photographer who became the subject of several Picasso's paintings.
	Painter: Fernando Botero Botero is a modern Colombian painter. He is known for his inflated forms in both paintings and sculptures. Portrait: Mario Vargas Llosa A modern Peruvian novelist and essayist, Mario Vargas Llosa is one of Latin America’s best known writers. He has written novels, plays, literary criticism, numerous essays, and personal memoirs.
	Painter: Diego Rivera A 20th century Mexican painter, Diego Rivera is best known as a fantastic muralist, and he often used his art for social commentary. Portrait: Retrato de Ignacio Sanchez
	Painter: Unknown Portrait: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Sor Juana is a 17th century Mexican poet and nun.
	Painter: Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez Velázquez is one of the greatest Spanish painters of the 17th century and served as court painter to King Philip IV of Spain. Portrait: Juan de Pareja (1650) Pareja is a Spanish painter of North African descent. He was Velázquez' assistant and slave until freed by Velázquez.
	Painter: Yolanda López López is a modern Chicana painter who lives in San Francisco, California. Portrait: Portrait of the Artist as the Virgin of Guadalupe López re-invents the powerful icon of the Virgin of Guadalupe in a series of three portraits. The other two depict her mother and grandmother.