These had been his students along with Margaretha van Godewijk who wrote an emblem about his self-portrait with a curtain, which illustrates the legend of Zeuxis.
In a 1964 seminar, the psychoanalyst and theorist Jacques Lacan observed that the myth reveals an interesting aspect of human cognition: While animals are attracted to superficial appearances, humans are enticed by the idea of that which is hidden.
In their first round match, Team Stardom (Taiyo, Mayu Iwatani, Saki Kashima, Yoko Bito and Yoshiko) defeated Team Reina (Aki Kanbayashi, Aoi Ishibashi, La Comandante, Yumiko Hotta and Zeuxis).
Self-portrait as Zeuxis Laughing is a 1663 self portrait by the Dutch artist Rembrandt, now in the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in Cologne.