Breakfast
- Artist
- Diego Velazquez
- Date
- c.1618
- Style
- Baroque
- Genre
- Genre painting
- Location
- Hermitage Museum
"Breakfast" is an early Baroque genre painting by Spanish artist Diego Velázquez, created around 1617. This oil on canvas depicts a simple domestic scene, capturing a moment of everyday life with remarkable realism. As one of Velázquez's initial works, it showcases the artist's skill in portraying humble subjects with depth and vitality. "Breakfast" is currently housed in the Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg, highlighting its significance in the development of genre painting during the Spanish Golden Age.
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