The Farmers' Lunch
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The Farmers' Lunch is one of the first paintings by the Spanish artist Diego Velázquez
. Painted in 1618, it combines a still life
of food and drink with a depiction of three comic farmers, whose anatomy 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 Farmer's Lunch and The Lunch (Velázquez)
are almost identical.
Diego Velázquez
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was a Spanish painter who was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary Baroque period, important as a portrait artist...
. Painted in 1618, it combines a still life
Still life
A still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural or man-made...
of food and drink with a depiction of three comic farmers, whose anatomy 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 Farmer's Lunch and The Lunch (Velázquez)
The Lunch (Velázquez)
The Lunch is a very early painting by Spanish artist Diego Velázquez, finished c. 1617. It is housed in the Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg.The paintings portrays a table covered by a creased cloth, on which two pomegranates and a piece of bread lies...
are almost identical.