When the great Velazquez was painting his masterpieces at the Spanish court in the seventeenth century, his colors were expertly mixed and his canvases carefully prepared by his slave, Juan de Pareja. In a vibrant novel which depicts both the beauty and the cruelty of the time and place, Elizabeth Borton de Trevino tells the story of Juan, who was born a slave and died an accomplished and respected artist.
Upon the death of his indulgent mistress in Seville, Juan de Pareja was uprooted from the only home he had known and placed in the charge of a vicious gypsy muleteer to be sent...
When the great Velazquez was painting his masterpieces at the Spanish court in the seventeenth century, his colors were expertly mixed and his canv...
Juan de Pareja, the slave who prepares the paints and canvases of the artist Velaazquez, describes his work with his master and the climate of Spanish court life.
I, Juan de Pareja is the winner of the 1966 Newbery Medal. Spanish Edition. Latino Interest.
Juan de Pareja, the slave who prepares the paints and canvases of the artist Velaazquez, describes his work with his master and the climate of Span...
