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Prado website w/ hi-res
Apollodorus Libr. 3.4.1-5.3

Diego Velázquez, "Triumph of Bacchus" (or "The Topers"), 1828 - 29; Prado, Madrid, no. 1170.

López-Torrijos, 1985, 343ff.
López-Rey, 1963, no. 57
Prado, 1985, p. 727
J. Portús, 2007, Fábulas de Velázquez: mitología e historia sagrada en el siglo de oro (Madrid 2007) p. 313.

Is the painting's realism a declaration by the painter that classicism is to be mocked, to be maintained in a demystified state, or somehow otherwise treated? See the Prado website for a brief discussion and bibliography.

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