1600 – 1700
The Baroque

Velázquez's Los Borrachos or The Triumph of Bacchus


Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Los Borrachos (The Drunks)
or The Triumph of Bacchus, c. 1628-1629, 65 x 88-1/2 inches / 165 x 225 cm
(Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid)

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Los Borrachos or The Triumph of Bacchus
Madrid, Spain
1628-29

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