1606-1670

Juan de Pareja, a slave, and his master, Velazquez, the 17th century Spanish court painter, developed a relationship of friendship and equality.

Juan de Pareja, a slave, and his master, Velazquez, the 17th century Spanish court painter, developed a relationship of friendship and equality.

The story of Juan, a slave, willed to the great Spanish painter Velazquez, and how their relationship changed from master/slave to that of equal/friend.

Juan de Pareja, the slave who prepares the paints and canvases of the artist Vel?zquez, describes his work with his master and the climate of Spanish court life.

Juan de Pareja, a slave, and his master, Velazquez, the seventeenth century Spanish court painter, develop a relationship of friendship and equality.

Juan de Pareja, a slave, and his master, Velazquez, the 17th century Spanish court painter, developed a relationship of friendship and equality.