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The Art of the Copyist

Discover the pleasure of sustained looking alongside contemporary artist Jas Knight as he copies Diego Velázquez’s Juan de Pareja.
Jas Knight
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Discover the pleasure of sustained looking alongside contemporary artist Jas Knight as he copies Diego Velázquez’s Juan de Pareja (1650) in our galleries.

Copy of Velázquez's Juan de Pareja painted by copyist and contemporary artist Jas Knight

Copy painted by Jas Knight

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