Juan de Pareja

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Portrait of Juan de Pareja , by Diego Velázquez (1650)

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

Juan de Pareja was a slave of Velázquez , who worked as his assistant in the workshop. The sources on Pareja's life and his activity as a painter are sparse and have legendary features. Juan de Pareja accompanied Velázquez on his second trip to Italy. Velázquez painted his portrait in Rome within a few days, which was exhibited in 1650 in the portico of the Pantheon . According to the treaty dated November 23, 1650, Velázquez released Pareja. The contract stipulated that Pareja would work for him for another four years. However, Pareja lived in his household until Velázquez's death and then in the house of Juan Bautista Mazo, Velázquez's son-in-law.

A total of around ten portraits and religious pictures by Pareja have survived. In his picture “The Calling of St. Matthew”, today in the Prado in Madrid, he painted himself.

Works (selection)

The calling of St. Matthew , Juan de Pareja in the picture on the far left

literature

  • Jennifer Montagu: Velázquez marginalia. His slave Juan de Pareja and his Illegitimate Son Antonio . In: The Burlington magazine, 125, 1983. pp. 683-685.
  • Théodore Rousseau : Juan de Pareja by Diego Velázquez: an appreciation of the portrait In: Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1971. 0-87099195-7
Fiction
  • Elizabeth Borton de Treviño: The Painter's Friend. Roman ("I, Juan de Pareja"). Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 2001. ISBN 3-407-79825-3

Web links

Commons : Juan de Pareja  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The document was discovered by Jennifer Montagu. The Burlington Magazine . Vol. 125, 1983. pp. 683-4
  2. ↑ Vivian R. Johnson Juan de Pareja. Discovering an slave artist's masterpiece. ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 17, 2015.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.theroot.com

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personal data
SURNAME Pareja, Juan de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Slave of Velázquez; el Esclavo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1606 or 1610
PLACE OF BIRTH Antequera
DATE OF DEATH 1670
Place of death Madrid