Detail from Murillo: Boys Eating Grapes and Melon

Murillo: Boys Eating Grapes and Melon

The Spanish collection (1500-1780) is the smallest of the Alte Pinakothek’s collections but still includes works by most of the major artists from the period.

In the past, the most popular work for copying by studying artists in the Alte Pinakothek was Bartolomé Esteban Murillo: Boys Eating Grapes and Melon (Trauben- und Melonenesser).

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