The painter Juan de Pareja, protagonist of one of the best portraits of the Sevillian artist, receives his first exhibition at the Met
Detail of the portrait of Juan de Pareja, by VelázquezABC
The great artistic event in the art world in 1971 was the landing in New York of a painting of great importance: the Metropolitan Museum acquired the portrait that Diego de Velazquez played Juan de Pareja, a slave who worked for decades…