Luis Meléndez
(1716-1780)
Melonen, Quitten und Pflaumen,
um 1765-1770
Material / Technology / Carrier
Leinwand
Dimensions of the object
49,8 x 37,4 cm
Displayed
AP OG Kabinett 23
Acquisition
1961 im Londoner Kunsthandel erworben
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München
Citation
Luis Meléndez, Melonen, Quitten und Pflaumen, um 1765-1770, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/RQ4XJgEL10 (Last updated on 28.08.2023)
Meléndez’s painting shows fruit that grows in Spain. It is arranged on a slab of rock in the open air. Here the painter is continuing in the tradition of seventeenth-century Spanish still lifes but also shows the influence of works from the Netherlands.
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