The story of a great painter and the slave he helped to become an artist.
In a vibrant novel which depicts both the beauty and the cruelty of the time and place, Elizabeth Borton de Treviño tells the story of Juan, who was born a slave and died an accomplished and respected artist.
Juan, the slave of the great Spanish painter Diego Velazquez, is a painter also.
This Spanish translation of the historical novel "I, Juan De Pareja" is based on the life of Juan de Pareja, the black assistant to the 17th-century Spanish painter Velazquez. Newbery Medal Book.
Fictionalized account of the life of an assistant to the painter Velazquez.
Offers a fictionalized account of the life of Juan de Pareja, a young slave who grew to become an assistant to the painter Velazquez.
I, Juan de Pareja