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Still Life with Melon Figs Apples Wineskin and Picnic Hamper in a Landscape
Still Life with Melon Figs Apples Wineskin and Picnic Hamper in a Landscape is an oil painting by the Rococo painting artist Luis Egidio Meléndez. It dates from 1751 and is held in the collection of the Museo del Prado.
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Subject & Meaning
The specific selection of provisions suggests a theme of sustenance or a picnic scene, anchored by the presence of the hamper and wineskin.
The work depicts a still life arrangement featuring a melon, figs, apples, a wineskin, and a picnic hamper set within a landscape. Additional elements identified in the composition include bread and a knife. Created by Luis Egidio Meléndez in 1751, the painting combines these food items and utensils with an outdoor setting, blending the genre of still life with landscape elements.
The specific selection of provisions suggests a theme of sustenance or a picnic scene, anchored by the presence of the hamper and wineskin.
Technique & Style
Executed in 1751, this work is an oil painting on canvas measuring 63 by 84 centimeters. The composition merges the still life genre with a landscape setting, depicting a picnic arrangement that includes a melon, figs, apples, a wineskin, and a hamper alongside bread and a knife. As a piece classified within the landscape genre yet focused on stationary objects, it demonstrates Meléndez's approach to integrating naturalistic details of foodstuffs within an outdoor environment.
The handling of the oil medium allows for the textural differentiation between the various fruits, the woven hamper, and the surrounding scenery.
History & Provenance
Created in 1751, this oil painting was produced for Ferdinand VII of Spain and entered the Spanish royal collection. It remains in the Museo del Prado, where it is displayed at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez. The work measures 63 cm in height and 84 cm in width and depicts a still‑life composition that includes bread and a knife. Its provenance traces directly from royal ownership to the museum's current custody.
Still Life with Melon Figs Apples Wineskin and Picnic Hamper in a Landscape is held in the collection of the Museo del Prado. According to the records, the painting is located at the Museo del Prado in Aranjuez, and it was formerly owned by Ferdinand VII of Spain before entering the museum's holdings. No specific inventory or accession number is recorded in the available sources, and no exhibition history is documented.
Overview
Luis Egidio Meléndáz, an 18th‑century Spanish painter, completed the oil on canvas titled Still Life with Melon, Figs, Apples, Wineskin and Picnic Hamper in a Landscape in 1751. The work is part of the Prado Museum’s collection and combines a still‑life arrangement with a landscape backdrop, reflecting the Rococo taste for lightness and naturalism.
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Luis Egidio Meléndez (1716–1780) was a Spanish painter. Though he received little acclaim during his lifetime and died in poverty, Meléndez is recognized as one of the greatest Spanish still-life painters of the 18th…
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