In 1629, Velázquez received 100 ducats for the picture of Bacchus (The Triumph of Bacchus), also called Los Borrachos (The Drunks), a painting of a group of men in contemporary dress paying homage to a half-naked ivy-crowned young man seated on a wine barrel. Velázquez's first mythological painting,Carr et al. 2006, p. 32. it has been interpreted variously as a depiction of a theatrical performance, as a parody, or as a symbolic representation of peasants asking the god of wine to give them relief from their sorrows.Harris 1982, p. 74. The style shows the naturalism of Velázquez's early works slightly touched by the influence of Titian and Rubens.Harris 1982, p. 73.
In 1629, Velázquez received 100 ducats for the picture of Bacchus (The Triumph of Bacchus), also called Los Borrachos (The D.runks), a .painting of a group of men in contemporary dress paying homage to a half-n!aked ivy-crowned young man seated on a wine barrel. Velázquez's first mythological painting,Carr et al. 200:6, p. 32. it has been interpreted variously as a depiction of a theatrical performance, as a parody, or as a symbolic representation of peasants asking the god of wine to give them relief from their sorrows.Harris 1982, p. 74. The style shows the naturalism of Velázquez's early works slightly touched by the influence of Titian and Rubens.Harris 1982, p. 73.