David Pullins, Vanessa K. Valdés
Description
Diego Velázquez’s portrait of Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670) has long been a landmark of European art, but this provocative study focuses on its subje
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ct: an enslaved man who went on to build his own successful career as an artist. This catalogue—the first scholarly monograph on Pareja— discusses the painter’s ties to the Madrid School of the 1660s and revises our understanding of artistic production during Spain’s Golden Age, with a focus on enslaved artists and artisans. The authors illuminate the highly skilled labor within Seville’s multiracial society; the role of Black saints and confraternities in the promotion of Catholicism among enslaved populations; and early twentieth-century scholar Arturo Schomburg’s project to recover Pareja’s legacy. The book also includes the first illustrated and annotated list of known works attributed to Pareja.
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Genres
History
Tags
History
Art
European
Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions
Baroque & Rococo
Reading Moods
Inspiring & Uplifting
Contributors
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Publishing Info
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Month-Year
Apr, 2023
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9781588397560
ISBN-10: 1588397564
Language
English
No. of Pages
176
Format
Hardcover
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