Juan de Pareja

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Juan de Pareja

1650

by Diego Velazquez

Oil on canvas, 32 x 27 1/2 in. (81.3 x 69.9 cm)

Juan de Pareja (1610-1670), a native of Seville (Spain) and mulatto son of a female slave, is primarily known as a member of the household and workshop of painter Diego Velázquez. He was also a painter in his own right.