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 | |
|---|---|
| Spanish: La Merienda | |
| 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]
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