Juan de Pareja country of citizenship Spain
Juan de Pareja (c. 1606 in Antequera – 1670 in Madrid) was a Spanish painter born in Antequera, near Málaga, Spain. He is known primarily as a member of the household and workshop of painter Diego Velázquez, who freed him from slavery in 1650. His 1661 work The Calling of Saint Matthew (sometimes also referred to as The Vocation of Saint Matthew) is on display at the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain.
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