query: location the jester don diego de acedo
supports: The Baroque (or ) is often thought of as a period of artistic style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, architecture, literature, dance, theater, and music. The style began around 1600 in Rome and Italy, and spread to most of Europe. The Thirty Years' War was a series of wars in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648. It was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, as well as the deadliest European religious war, resulting in eight million casualties.
  Initially a war between various Protestant and Catholic states in the fragmented Holy Roman Empire, it gradually developed into a more general conflict involving most of the great powers. These states employed relatively large mercenary armies, and the war became less about religion and more of a continuation of the FranceHabsburg rivalry for European political pre-eminence. In the 17th century, religious beliefs and practices were a much larger influence on an average European than they are today. During that era, almost everyone was vested on one side of the dispute or another, which was also closely tied to people's ethnicities and loyalties, as religious beliefs affected ideas of the legitimacy of the political status of rulers. Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (; baptized on June 6, 1599August 6, 1660) was a Spanish painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV, and one of the most important painters of the Spanish Golden Age. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary Baroque period, important as a portrait artist. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, he painted scores of portraits of the Spanish royal family, other notable European figures, and commoners, culminating in the production of his masterpiece "Las Meninas" (1656). Philip IV of Spain (8 April 1605  17 September 1665) was King of Spain (as "Philip IV" in Castille and "Philip III" in Aragon) and Portugal as Philip III. He ascended the thrones in 1621 and reigned in Spain until his death and in Portugal until 1640. Philip is remembered for his patronage of the arts, including such artists as Diego Velázquez, and his rule over Spain during the challenging period of the Thirty Years' War. The Spanish Golden Age (, "Golden Century") is a period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain, coinciding with the political rise of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty. "El Siglo de Oro" does not imply precise dates and is usually considered to have lasted longer than an actual century. It begins no earlier than 1492, with the end of the "Reconquista" (Reconquest), the sea voyages of Christopher Columbus to the New World, and the publication of Antonio de Nebrija's "Gramática de la lengua castellana" (Grammar of the Castilian Language). Politically, it ends no later than 1659, with the Treaty of the Pyrenees, ratified between France and Habsburg Spain. The last great writer of the period, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, died in 1681, and his death usually is considered the end of "El Siglo de Oro" in the arts and literature. The Jester Don Diego de Acedo is one of a series of portraits of jesters at the court of Philip IV of Spain by Diego Velázquez . Its subject is the dwarf Don Diego de Acedo , known as `` el Primo '' ( the Cousin ) . The 1645 oil painting is currently housed at the Prado Museum . The work measures 106 cm high and 83 cm wide . Velázquez painted a series of portraits of dwarfs and jesters of the court of Philip IV , depicted with realism and respect . The portraits were intended to be displayed in the king 's hunting lodge , the Torre de la Parada . Don Diego de Acedo was a figure of fun whose physical deformity provided entertainment for the court . As with another subject , Portrait of Sebastián de Morra , Velázquez pictured de Acedo 's whole body seated on the ground . Don Diego de Acedo is pictured looking at the observer . Dressed in black , he is reading a book , which is the traditional representation of a gentleman . The size of the tome in his lap emphasizes the dwarf 's smallness . The eyes , high forehead and attitude of the model conveys a sense of his intelligence . At his feet lay a pile of books with an inkwell and feather . The bottom is possibly unfinished , as a foggy landscape can be seen . Las Meninas (Spanish for The Ladies-in-Waiting) is a 1656 painting in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age. Its complex and enigmatic composition raises questions about reality and illusion, and creates an uncertain relationship between the viewer and the figures depicted. Because of these complexities, "Las Meninas" has been one of the most widely analyzed works in Western painting.
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answer: museo del prado