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Luis Eugenio Mélendez
(1716 - 1780)
Nature morte aux figues
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Stéphane Maréchalle
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
still life
bread
basket
fig (fruit)
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Color #363737
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About the artwork
Title:
Nature morte aux figues
Periods:
modern age
18th century
XVIIIth century
Techniques:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
370 x 490
Inventory number:
RF3849
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
Luis Eugenio Mélendez
Also known as:
Luis Meléndez
Luis Melendez
Born:
1716
Dead:
1780
Country:
Espagne
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
This article is about the 18th-century Spanish painter. For the unrelated 19th-century Spanish genre painter, see Luis Menéndez Pidal
Luis Egidio Meléndez
(1716–1780) was a Spanish painter. Although he received little acclaim during his lifetime and died in poverty, Meléndez is recognized today as the greatest Spanish still-life painter of the 18th century. His mastery of composition and light, and his remarkable ability to convey the volume and texture of individual objects enabled him to…
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