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Still Life with Fish, Bread, and Kettle

Still Life with Fish, Bread, and Kettle

c. 1772
(Spanish, 1716–1780)
Spain, 18th century
oil on canvas
Framed: 54 x 67 x 5 cm (21 1/4 x 26 3/8 x 1 15/16 in.); Unframed: 34 x 48 cm (13 3/8 x 18 7/8 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1983.97
Location: not on view

Description

During the 1760s, after painting portraits and portrait miniatures with his father, Meléndez began to specialize in still lifes. Active mainly in Madrid, he is regarded as the finest Spanish still-life painter of the 18th century, but he spent much of his life in poverty.
  • Marqués de Casa Torres, Conde de Saltes, Madrid (1913); (E. Speelman, London)
  • Luis Meléndez. National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (organizer) (May 17-August 27, 2009); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (September 27, 2009-January 3, 2010); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (February 2-May 9, 2010).
    National Gallery of Art, Washinton DC (5/17/2009 - 8/23/2009), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA (9/27/2009 - 1/23/2010), and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2/2/2010 - 5/9/2010): "Luís Meléndez" ex. cat. no.26, p.144-147.
    The Albuquerque Museum (4/25/2005 - 7/31/2005): "El Alma de España (The Soul of Spain)" ex. cat. no. 84, p. 262-263.
    El Alma de España (The Soul of Spain). The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM (organizer) (April 25-July 31, 2005).
    Meadows Museum and Gallery, Souther Methodist University ( March 22- May 19th 1985), North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh NC (January 12-March 10, 1985), National Academy of Design, New York (May 30- May 19th, 1985) "Luis Melendez: Spanish Still-Life Painter of the Eighteenth Century."
    The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).
    CMA, 1984: "Year in Review 1983," no. 18.
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