The Afternoon Meal (Luis Meléndez)
The Afternoon Meal (in Spanish, La Merienda[3]) is a mid-eighteenth-century still life painting by Spanish painter[1] Luis Egidio Meléndez (1716–1780).[4]
| The Afternoon Meal | |
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| Spanish: La Merienda | |
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| Artist | Luis Meléndez (Born 1716, Naples; died 1780, Madrid)[1] |
| Year | around 1772 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 105.4 cm × 153.7 cm (41.5 in × 60.5 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art[2], New York City |
It was created around 1772.[5] Done in oil on canvas, the painting depicts an assortment of fruits and bread set before a stark background.
The painting is a straight-sided ogee frame with sculpted Rococo corners and shallow-relief details,[2] collected by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[6]
References
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) (1984). The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 109–. ISBN 978-0-87099-370-1.
- Paul Mitchell; Lynn Roberts (1996). A history of European picture frames. Paul Mitchell Ltd., in Association with Merrell Holberton.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); Philippe De Montebello (1987). The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide. The Museum. ISBN 978-0-8109-1443-8.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); Katharine Baetjer (1995). European Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Artists Born Before 1865: A Summary Catalogue. Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 162–. ISBN 978-0-87099-734-1.
- María Dolores Jiménez-Blanco Carrillo de Albornoz; Cindy Mack (2004). Spanish art in New York: guide. Asociación de Amigos de la Hispanic Society of America.
- "metmuseum.org". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
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