Why it matters
Children eat grapes and a melon: one of the realistic genre scenes of children that Murillo painted, perhaps for the Flemish merchants based in Seville.
Did you know?
- It dates from 1645–1650.
- Maximilian II Emanuel acquired it.
- It hangs in the Alte Pinakothek.
Based on the Wikipedia article Children Eating Grapes and a Melon (CC BY-SA 4.0).
