Diagoras carried in triumph by his sons - Auguste Vinchon

Artist :

Vinchon, Auguste (1789-1855)

Date :

1814

Type of image :

Peinture sur toile

Dimensions (HxL cm) :

115x146 cm

Topic :

Ancient history

Storage Location :

Paris, Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts

GWP 52

Description

Diagoras was Olympic champion in pugilism (boxing) at the 464 BC Games. He also won 4 titles at the Isthmian Games and two at the Nemean Games. Pindar dedicated an ode to him. His three sons and two grandsons were also Olympic champions.

It is said that Diagoras was once at Olympia, with Acusilas and Damagitus, his sons, and these two young Greeks, having won, carried him through the whole assembly, amidst the acclamations of all present, who threw flowers at him and congratulated him on having such sons. Diagoras was Messenian by origin on the female side, and descended from the daughter of Aristomenes. (Description of Greece, Book VI, Elide, chap. 7)

History :

2. Prix de Rome for painting in 1814

Textual Sources :

Pausanias, Description de la Grèce

Technical Data

Notice #024258

Image HD

Bibliography :

Charlotte Laurens de Waru, Auguste Vinchon (1786-1855) peintre et imprimeur du « roman national » français, Numéro Illustrer le roman national, 2025

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