''The Farmers' Lunch'' (''Almuerzo de campesinos'') is one of the earliest paintings by the
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artist
Diego Velázquez. Painted in oil on canvas in 1617, it combines a
still life of food and drink with a depiction of three comic farmers, whose
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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'' (c. 1617).
1618 paintings
Seville-period paintings by Diego Velázquez
Paintings by Diego Velázquez
Paintings in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest)
Food and drink paintings
Genre paintings
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