| The Farmers' Lunch | |
| Artist: | Diego Velázquez |
| Other Language 1: | Spanish |
| Other Title 1: | Almuerzo de campesinos |
| Year: | 1617 |
| Medium: | Oil on canvas |
| Height Metric: | 96 |
| Width Metric: | 112 |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| Museum: | Museum of Fine Arts |
| City: | Budapest |
The Farmers' Lunch (Almuerzo de campesinos) is one of the earliest paintings by the Spanish artist Diego Velázquez. Painted in oil on canvas in 1617, it combines a still life of food and drink with a depiction of three comic farmers, whose physiognomy the artist studies closely. The composition shows a younger man gesturing with his right hand to reinforce the story coming from his half-open lips, and an older man listening attentively while holding his cup up to a woman so she can refill it with wine. The still life includes fish, bread, a carrot, a lemon, and a copper vessel.[1]
The Farmers' Lunch composition is very similar to another painting by Velázquez, The Lunch (c. 1617).