Juan de Pareja — Diego Velázquez (1650)

Velázquez painted his own enslaved studio assistant, Juan de Pareja, with such startling presence that it is said to have stunned viewers at its 1650 unveiling in Rome.

Diego Velázquez, 1650 — Metropolitan Museum of Art.

• Honest scale — sizes listed in inches, original 69.9 x 81.3 cm.
• Source recorded — public-domain master scan, printed on matte stretched canvas, 0.75″ deep. Made to order.

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