Juan de ParejaA provocative study of a freedman painter that recognizes the labor of enslaved artists and artisans in seventeenth century Spain Diego Velzquezs (15991660) portrait of Juan de Pareja (ca. 16081670), his enslaved studio assistant, has long been a landmark of European art. It was painted in 1650, the same year that Velzquez signed papers freeing Pareja, who then built his own successful career as a painter of religious subjects and portraits. This