The Lunch
Diego Velázquez · 1617
Why it's great
Three men sit around a plain table with bread, a pomegranate and a jug, and look as if they're about to start eating. Diego Velázquez painted it in about 1617, when he was just a teenager, and the faces are as real as living people.
Where to see it
📍 Hermitage MuseumSaint Petersburg, Russia
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Three places to look for a print of this painting, from budget to museum-grade:
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Diego Velázquez was a Spanish painter born in Seville in 1599. He moved to Madrid as a young man and became the court painter to King Philip IV, painting portraits such as Las Meninas that are among the greatest in the world. He died in Madrid in 1660.
