Diego Velázquez
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This painting is olive, grey and lace white, and a cheap copy turns it flat and muddy. Our Velázquez Juan de Pareja print is made from the museum’s own photograph, unretouched, so the face stays alive.
Canvas, framed or paper
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
Sizes
16x20 inch, 24x30 inch, 32x40 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its square shape suits a study, a reading corner or a gallery wall. The olives, greys and whites look rich with cream, slate and walnut, and a gold or black frame suits it.
About the painting
Portrait of Juan de Pareja by Diego Velázquez
The painter of painters
Diego Velázquez of Seville became court painter to Philip IV of Spain. Manet called him the painter of painters.
Truth
Painted in Rome in 1650 and shown at the Pantheon, where painters said the other pictures were art, but this one alone was truth.
A painter himself
Juan de Pareja, from Antequera, was enslaved by Velázquez and worked as his assistant. Freed in 1654, he became a painter in his own right.
Read the story
A man with thick dark curly hair and a short beard looks out at us, calm and proud. He wears a plain dark coat with a wide white lace collar. Nothing else. No background, no props. Just a face, and a gaze.
He is Juan de Pareja, from Antequera in southern Spain. He was enslaved by Diego Velázquez, and worked as an assistant in his studio.
In 1649 Velázquez was sent to Rome by the king of Spain, and Pareja went with him. There, Velázquez painted this portrait, as practice before painting the Pope himself. In March 1650 it was shown at the Pantheon in Rome, and, according to an early biographer, the other painters said that everything else in the show was art, but this one alone was truth.
Look at how quickly it is painted, with loose, sure strokes of a few colours.
Four years later, in 1654, Velázquez gave Pareja his freedom, and he became a painter in his own right.
In 1970 the portrait was sold in London for more than two million pounds, the first painting ever to sell for over a million, and it went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Portrait of Juan de Pareja. Diego Velázquez, 1650.
How each piece is brought to life
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
Graded against the original
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
Questions
Is this the original painting?
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
Will the colour look flat?
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Will the edges be cropped?
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Which size is right for my wall?
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
How long does it take?
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
What if it arrives damaged?
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Can I return it?
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
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Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.
