# The Afternoon Meal (La Merienda)

- By: Luis Meléndez (Spanish, Naples 1716–1780 Madrid)
- Date: ca. 1772
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: 41 1/2 x 60 1/2 in. (105.4 x 153.7 cm)
- Culture: Spanish
- Credit line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437053)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ep/web-large/DT1570.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)