The Farmers' Lunch

The Farmers' Lunch (Almuerzo de campesinos) is one of the earliest paintings by the Spanish artist Diego Velázquez. Painted in oil on canvas in 1618, it combines a still life of food and drink with a depiction of three comic farmers, whose physiognomy 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 is nearly identical to another painting by Velázquez, The Lunch (ca. 1617).

Diego Velázquez (List of works)
Paintings
  • Adoration of the Magi
  • Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan
  • Christ Crucified
  • Christ in the House of Martha and Mary
  • Coronation of the Virgin
  • Doña Antonia de Ipeñarrieta y Galdós and Her Son Don Luis
  • Equestrian Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares
  • Equestrian Portrait of Elisabeth of France
  • Equestrian Portrait of Margarita of Austria
  • Equestrian Portrait of Philip III
  • Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV
  • Equestrian Portrait of Prince Balthasar Charles
  • The Farmers' Lunch
  • Female Figure
  • The Jester Barbarroja
  • The Jester Calabacillas
  • The Jester Don Diego de Acedo
  • The Jester Named Don John of Austria
  • Joseph's Tunic
  • Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress
  • Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress
  • Jerónima de la Asunción
  • La mulata
  • The Lady with a Fan
  • Las Hilanderas
  • Las Meninas
  • The Lunch
  • Mars Resting
  • The Needlewoman
  • Old Woman Frying Eggs
  • Philip IV in Brown and Silver
  • Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares
  • Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares
  • Portrait of Don Luis de Góngora
  • Portrait of Francisco Lezcano
  • Portrait of Innocent X
  • Portrait of Juan de Pareja
  • Portrait of Juan Martínez Montañés
  • Portrait of the Infante Don Carlos
  • Portrait of the Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain
  • Portrait of a Man
  • Portrait of Maria Anna
  • Portrait of Pablo de Valladolid
  • Portrait of Philip IV in Armour
  • Portrait of Philip IV in Fraga
  • Portrait of Prince Philip Prospero
  • Portrait of Sebastián de Morra
  • Prince Balthasar Charles as a Hunter
  • Prince Balthasar Charles With a Dwarf
  • Rokeby Venus
  • San Pablo
  • The Surrender of Breda
  • Temptation of St. Thomas
  • The Triumph of Bacchus
  • The Waterseller of Seville
Wikimedia
  • Diego Velázquez at Commons
  • Diego Velázquez at Wikisource

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