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"Konig Karl II von Spanien" (see detail), c. 1652 by Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez (1599-1660) - Kunshistorishes Museum, Vienna, Austria.

Note the overgrowth of the mid facial structures, particularly the jaw or lower mandible and nose due to the effects of an inherited familial autosomal dominant gene.

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