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Portrait of Juan de Pareja

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Portrait of Juan de Pareja is a painting by the Spanish artist Diego Velazquez depicting the enslaved Juan de Pareja, himself a notable painter, who was owned by Velazquez at the time the portrait was completed. Velazquez painted it in Rome in 1650 while traveling in Italy, and it is regarded as the earliest known portrait of a Spanish man of Moorish descent.

Facts
Year Created
1650 1
Medium
Oil on canvas 1
Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 1
Classification
Genre
Painting 1
Medium
Medium (category)
Oil on Canvas 1
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1. Portrait of Juan de Pareja - Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, sentence 2
    Velázquez painted the portrait in Rome, while traveling in Italy, in 1650.
  • Infobox, Medium field
    Oil on canvas
  • Infobox, Location field
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
  • Genre reference
    Portrait of Juan de Pareja is a painting by the Spanish artist Diego Velazquez depicting the enslaved Juan de Pareja, himself a notable painter, who was owned by Velazquez at the time the portrait was completed.
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