(Encyclopedia) Murillo, Bartolomé EstébanMurillo, Bartolomé Estébanbärtōlōmāˈ āstāˈbän m&oomacr;rēˈlyō [key], 1617?–1682, Spanish religious and portrait painter. He was born in Seville, where…
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(Encyclopedia) Miranda, Francisco deMiranda, Francisco defränsēˈskō ᵺā mēränˈdä [key], 1750–1816, Venezuelan revolutionist and adventurer. A hero of the struggle for independence from Spain, he is…
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