Still Life with Pigeons, Lemon, Tomato, Spice Packets and Kitchen Vessels

Artist Luis Egidio Meléndez Spanish, b. Naples, 1716–d. Madrid, 1780

Datecirca 1770

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions14 9/16 x 19 3/8 in. (37 x 49.2 cm)
Frame: 18 3/8 x 23 in. (46.7 x 58.4 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)

Object numberG.52.9.177

On View

On view

Provenance"Sons of Santiago Pierrad," Madrid; with Newhouse Galleries, New York; sold to NCMA, 1952.

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