Flight into Egypt
Artist
Juan de Pareja
(c. 1606 - c. 1670, active in Seville and Madrid)
Date1658
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFrame: 76 × 59 × 2 in. (193 × 149.9 × 5.1 cm)
Image: 66 1/2 x 49 3/8 in. (168.9 x 125.4 cm)
Image: 66 1/2 x 49 3/8 in. (168.9 x 125.4 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN339
This is the earliest dated painting by Juan de Pareja and one of very few of his works in the United States. Pareja’s mother was an African-descended enslaved woman, and Pareja himself was an enslaved assistant to the famous Spanish painter Diego Velázquez. After being granted his freedom in 1654, Pareja became a successful independent painter, though only a few of his works are known today. The first-ever exhibition devoted to Juan de Pareja will take place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2023.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 11, Wall South
