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Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670)

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Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670)

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Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670) by Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez). Purchase, Fletcher and Rogers Funds, and Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), by exchange, supplemented by gifts from friends of the Museum, 1971