Julie Mehretu on Velázquez’s Juan de Pareja (1650). “Looking at his expression I’m moved, almost to tears. That’s not often that a painting can do that.”
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Diego Velázquez, Juan de Pareja
| Title | Juan de Pareja |
| Artist(s) | Diego Velázquez |
| Dates | 1650 |
| Places | Europe / Southern Europe / Spain |
| Period, Culture, Style | Baroque / Spanish Baroque |
| Artwork Type | Painting / Portrait painting |
| Material | Oil paint, Canvas |
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Cite this page as: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Diego Velázquez, Juan de Pareja," in Smarthistory, October 8, 2016, accessed December 15, 2025, https://smarthistory.org/velazquez-juan-de-pareja/.
