The Lunch (Velázquez)
| The Lunch | |
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| Spanish: Tres hombres a la mesa (El almuerzo) | |
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| Artist | Diego Velázquez |
| Year | c. 1617 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 108.5 cm × 102 cm (42.7 in × 40 in) |
| Location | Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg |
The Lunch is a very early painting by Spanish artist Diego Velázquez, finished c. 1617. The work, an oil painting on canvas, is in the Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg.
The painting portrays a table covered by a creased cloth, on which lie two pomegranates and a piece of bread. People attending the lunch include an aged man on the left and a young man on the right, while, in the background, an apparently carefree boy pours wine into a jug.
On the wall in the background hang a white neck-band, a leather bag and, on the right, a sword.
The Lunch is nearly identical to another painting by Velázquez, The Farmers' Lunch (1618).
References
- Romano, Eileen (2006). Art Classics: Velázquez. ISBN 0-8478-2812-3.
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