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Ad Code: 4
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from Auction House Records.
Oranges, nuts, spices, boxes of sweetmeats, a jug and a cask on a table
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Described as "the leading Spanish still life painter of the 18th
century", Luis Meléndez was of a family of prominent painters.
However, he suffered the end of a promising career because his father, Francisco,
got 'crosswise' with the art Academy in Madrid which he had help found
in 1744. As a result of both Francisco and Luis ridiculing the Academy Director, Luis failed to get any court appointment
that
would bring him income because he along with his father was expelled
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