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| The Triumph of Bacchus or Los borrachos | |
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| Artist | Diego Velázquez |
| Year | 1628–1629 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 165 cm × 225 cm (65 in × 89 in) |
| Location | Museo del Prado, Madrid |
The Triumph of Bacchus (Greek: Ο Θρίαμβος του Βάκχου) is a painting by Diego Velázquez, now in the Museo del Prado, in Madrid. It is popularly known as Los borrachos or The Drinkers (also The Drunks).
Velázquez painted The Triumph of Bacchus after arriving in Madrid from Seville and just before his voyage to Italy. The work was painted for Philip IV, who paid Velázquez 100 ducats for it.[1] The painting shows Bacchus surrounded by drunks. In Madrid, Velázquez was able to study the king's collection of Italian paintings and was no doubt struck by the nudity in many paintings as well as the treatment of mythological subjects.
The Triumph of Bacchus has been described as the masterpiece of Velázquez's 1620s paintings.[2]
- ^ "The Triumph of Bacchus, or the Drinkers". On-line gallery. Museo Nacional del Prado. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
- ^ Brown, Jonathan (1998). Painting in Spain: 1500-1700. Yale University Press. p. 116. ISBN 0300064748.