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2016年1月8日 — The novel is based on the real life story of Juan de Pareja, a slave who served a famous painter, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez, in 17th ...

The book is based on the Portrait of Juan de Pareja, the real-life portrait that Diego Velázquez made of his slave Juan de Pareja. It is written in the first ...

In Madrid, Juan becomes a valued part of the Velbzquez household. He begins to paint secretly, knowing that it is illegal for slaves to practice any of the arts ...

Juan de Pareja is born to a slave, a black seamstress. At the age of five, he becomes a pageboy to a wealthy Madrid woman when his mother dies. His mistress is ...

The king gives Master a brilliant commission, asking him to design the pavilion for the wedding of the king's sister, the Infanta Maria Teresa... (read more ...

About a year after Paquita's wedding, Juan accompanies Don Diego on a trip to the north of Spain with the royal family. Juan is nervous that someone will ...

2016年2月19日 — Chapter 1 || In which I learn my letters Juan de Pareja is a slave boy. He was born in Seville, Spain. His mother was a black woman and his ...

The book follows the story of Juan de Pareja and his life as the slave of Diego de Velázquez, the leading painter in the court of King Philip IV of Spain.