Why it matters
The pale-skinned god Bacchus sits amid a group of poor 17th-century Spaniards. Popularly known as Los borrachos (The Drunks), it has been called the masterpiece of Velázquez's paintings of the 1620s.
Did you know?
- It was painted for Philip IV, who paid 100 ducats.
- Velázquez painted it just before his first trip to Italy.
- Bacchus is shown as the god who frees men from their troubles with wine.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Triumph of Bacchus (CC BY-SA 4.0).
