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I, Juan de Pareja

The novel is written in the first person as by the title character, Juan de Pareja, a half-African slave of the artist Diego Velázquez, and model for one of Velázquez's most noted paintings, who earns his freedom through his own merits, artistic and otherwise.

Juan de Pareja

He is primarily known as a member of the household and workshop of painter Diego Velázquez.

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