The Lunch (Velázquez)

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The Lunch
Spanish: Tres hombres a la mesa (El almuerzo)
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. The smiling man on the right appears to be making the thumb signal.

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).

The painting was on view as 'The Breakfast' from February 2 to August 25, 2019 at the Amsterdam Hermitage in Amsterdam, the Netherlands as part of the 'De Schatkamer!' exhibition.

References[]

• Romano, Eileen (2006). Art Classics: Velázquez. ISBN 0-8478-2812-3.