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PAREJA, JUAN DE (16061670)

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 801 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PAI-PAS
PAREJA, JUAN DE (16061670) , Spanish painter, was
born
  a slave in the West Indies about 1606, and in early
life
  passed into the service of
Velazquez
 , who employed him in colour-grinding and other menial
work
  of the studio. By day he closely watched his master's methods, and by night stealthily practised with his brushes until he had attained considerable manipulative skill. The story goes that, having succeeded in
xx. 26producing a picture satisfactory to himself, he contrived furtively to
place
  it among those on which
Velazquez
  had been working, immediately before an expected visit of King Philip IV. The performance was duly discovered and praised, and
Pareja
  forthwith received his freedom, which, however, he continued to devote to his former employer's service. His extant works are not very numerous; the best known, the " Calling of St
Matthew
 ," now in the Prado, Madrid, has considerable merit as regards technique, but does not reveal much originality, insight or devotional feeling. He died in 167o.


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