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The Art of the Copyist

March 9 5 MINUTES

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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Promotional graphic for the exhibition,
EXHIBITION

Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic Painter

A loose grid of paintings depicting portraits and landscapes are digitally collaged on a dark grayish cyan blue background color; the text “A New Look at Old Masters The Collection of European Paintings” appears in overlay.
EXHIBITION

A New Look at Old Masters

An artist recreating an artwork in the galleries
PROGRAM

Copyist Program