The Triumph of Bacchus by Diego Velazquez
The Triumph of Bacchus by Diego Velazquez
The Triumph of Bacchus is a Baroque painting by Diego Velázquez dating from 1628-1629, which is also known as “Los borrachos.” The reason is simple: the canvas represents seven drunken men gathered around the Roman god Bacchus , whose attributes are wine, drunkenness and celebration.
Bacchus often represents in painting the meaning of the temporary liberation that alcohol brings to men. Velázquez wanted to show the mediocrity of this liberation by depicting alcoholic and graceless men.
The work was commissioned by King Felipe IV , until later it was integrated into the Prado Museum several centuries later.
David and Goliath by Caravaggio: an image to admire in the Prado Museum
Caravaggio is an Italian painter who created Caravaggism , a mixture of naturalism, realism and gloomy. His colossal work is eminently famous all over the world!
Here we leave you a non-exhaustive list of his best works:
- The fortune in 1594
- The cheaters in 1594-1595
- Musicians in 1595
- Narcissus around 1597
- Medusa from 1597 to 1598
- Judith beheading Holofernes from 1599 to 1602
- The death of the Virgin from 1605 to 1606
- Salome with the head of Saint John the Baptist from 1606 to 1607
In the painting David and Goliath , the biblical fight between King David and the giant Goliath is depicted, a theme that is often addressed in pictorial art.
