Through the eyes of his devoted Negro slave, Juan de Pareja, the character of the artist, Velazquez, is revealed. Juan keenly interprets the sights and substance of seventeenth-century Spanish court life and reveals the techniques of the master artist.'subjects: Fiction, Historical Fiction, 1599-1660, Friendship Fiction, Slavery Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Spain Fiction,artist, fiction, Newbery Medal Winner 1966.
