The Lunch
Diego Velazquez
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was a Spanish painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV, and one of the most important painters of the Spanish Golden Age.
Max Resolution:1200×1023 PX
Title:The Lunch
Original Title:El Almuerzo
Artists:Diego Velazquez
Date:1620
Style:Baroque
Genre:genre painting
Medium:oil,canvas
Location:Budapest Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
Dimensions:112×96 cm
Copyright:Public domain
The Farmers' Lunch (Almuerzo de campesinos) is one of the earliest paintings by the Spanish artist Diego Velázquez. Painted in oil on canvas in 1618, it combines a still life of food and drink with a depiction of three comic farmers, whose physiognomy the artist studies closely. The composition shows a younger man gesturing with his right hand to reinforce the story coming from his half-open lips, and an older man listening attentively while holding his cup up to a woman so she can refill it with wine. The still life includes fish, bread, a carrot, a lemon, and a copper vessel.
The Farmers' Lunch is nearly identical to another painting by Velázquez, The Lunch (ca. 1617).
The Farmers' Lunch is nearly identical to another painting by Velázquez, The Lunch (ca. 1617).