Summary: July 2009, Backstory - Gretchen Hirschauer, associate curator, Italian and Spanish paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington. Delights of the Spanish table are exquisitely depicted by Luis Mel�ndez�the greatest still-life painter of 18th-century Spain. In this podcast produced on the occasion of the exhibition, Hirschauer talks to host Barbara Tempchin about Melendez's skill for rendering everyday objects with convincing detail, marvelous effects of color and light, and subtle variations in texture.
