Still Life with Box of Jelly Bread Salver with Glass and Cooler

The painting was created in 1770 by Luis Egidio Meléndez as part of the series of still lifes made for the Spanish royal collection, commissioned for the future Charles IV, then Prince of Asturias, and intended for a cabinet at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez. It later passed into the holdings of the Museo del Prado, which records the work's location at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez. Created in oil on canvas, it measures 49.5 cm in height and 37 cm in width. The available sources do not list a specific inventory number or detailed exhibition history for this piece.

The painting, created by Luis Egidio Meléndez in 1770, exemplifies the Spanish still-life (bodegón) tradition through its meticulous rendering of everyday objects such as bread, a glass, and a cooler. It belongs to the series of still lifes the artist produced for the Spanish crown, for the future Charles IV, then Prince of Asturias, and is preserved in the Museo del Prado. Scholarship highlights its technical precision and Meléndez's role in advancing still life as a genre of both visual and social significance in 18th-century Spain.

The painting's legacy rests on its representation of the 18th-century Spanish still-life tradition and its origin within the Spanish royal collection, which helped preserve Meléndez's work and brought it ultimately to the Museo del Prado. Its detailed depiction of humble domestic objects exemplifies the artist's elevation of everyday subjects. The Prado records the work's location at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez, where it contributes to the narrative of Spanish artistic heritage.

Luis Egidio Meléndaz painted Still Life with Box of Jelly Bread, Salver with Glass and Cooler in 1770. Executed in oil on canvas, the work presents a modest arrangement of everyday foodstuffs and tableware rendered with meticulous attention to surface and light. It belongs to the late‑Baroque, Rococo‑influenced period of Spanish art and is presently in the Museo del Prado’s collection.