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I, Juan de Pareja - The Story of a Great Painter and the Slave He Helped Become a Great Artist (Paperback, First)
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I, Juan de Pareja - The Story of a Great Painter and the Slave He Helped Become a Great Artist (Paperback, First)
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When the great Velazquez was painting his masterpieces at the
Spanish court in the seventeenth century, his colors were expertly
mixed and his canvases carefully prepared by his slave, Juan de
Pareja. In a vibrant novel which depicts both the beauty and the
cruelty of the time and place, Elizabeth Borton de Trevino tells
the story of Juan, who was born a slave and died an accomplished
and respected artist.
Upon the death of his indulgent mistress in Seville, Juan de
Pareja was uprooted from the only home he had known and placed in
the charge of a vicious gypsy muleteer to be sent north to his
mistress's nephew and heir, Diego Velazquez, who recognized at once
the intelligence and gentle breeding which were to make Juan his
indispensable assistant and companion--and his lifelong
friend.
Through Juan's eyes the reader sees Velazquez's delightful family,
his working habits and the character of the man, his relations with
the shy yet devoted King Philip IV and with his fellow painters,
Rubens and Murillo, the climate and customs of Spanish court life.
When Velazquez discovers that he and Juan share a love for the art
which is his very life, the painter proves his friendship in the
most incredible fashion, for in those days it was forbidden by law
for slaves to learn or practice the arts. Through the hardships of
voyages to Italy, through the illnesses of Velazquez, Juan de
Pareja loyally serves until the death of the painter in 1660.
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