num_pages: 224
description: This book explains the origins of Los Borrachos ("The Drunkards"), a celebrated but bewildering mythological painting of international fame, created by Diego de Velázquez for Philip IV of Spain around 1628-29. By studying Velázquez's early years at court (1623-29) and the role that historians of his day assigned to Bacchus, the author reaches a dramatic new interpretation of the picture. There are many monographs devoted to Velázquez's entire life, but no book focuses on this painting or the artist's early career at court in such depth.
language: English
title: Velázquez, Los Borrachos, and Painting at the Court of Philip IV
titlecomplete: Velázquez, Los Borrachos, and Painting at the Court of Philip IV
genres: Art
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Cambridge University Press