Juan de Pareja

Juan de Pareja ( pron. - echa, called el Esclavo ) (* 1606 or 1610 in Seville, † 1670 in Madrid) was a Spanish painter.

Juan de Pareja was a slave of Velazquez and learned secretly in the studio of his master painting. When the Spanish Kölnig Philip IV and Velazquez stumbled across a picture of him, dismissed him Velazquez at the request of his king to freedom. After his release Pareja worked at Velazquez and died 1670 in Madrid.

Pareja shows himself to be a skilful imitator of his master, who understood well to compose and wide and warm paint.

Works (selection)

  • The appointment of Matthew the Evangelist (1661, Museo del Prado )
  • Baptism of Christ ( in Santa Trinidad to Toledo)
  • Saints John the Evangelist and Orontius ( Augustinian Recollects in Madrid)
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe ( Augustinian Recollects in Madrid)
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