The Afternoon Meal (Luis Meléndez)
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ArtistLuis Egidio Meléndez[1]
Yearc. 1772
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions105.4 cm × 153.7 cm (41.5 in × 60.5 in)
| The Afternoon Meal | |
|---|---|
| Spanish: La Merienda | |
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| Artist | Luis Egidio Meléndez[1] |
| Year | c. 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 |
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]
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]
