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A Mayfair Pied-à-Terre: An Interior by Alidad
French School, 18th Century
Diagoras of Rhodes carried in triumph by his sons
Lot Closed
February 2, 02:20 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
French School, 18th Century
Diagoras of Rhodes carried in triumph by his sons
oil on canvas
unframed: 113.2 x 146.5 cm.; 44 1/2 x 57 7/8 in.
framed: 124 x 157.5 cm.; 48 7/8 x 62 1/8 in.
Diagoras was an ancient Greek boxer who in the 5th century BC won two gold medals at the Olympics. His three sons also won gold medals and here he is depicted being carried around the Olympic stadium by two of his sons, as celebrated by Pindar (Olympian Odes VII). This was the chosen subject matter for competitors in the Prix de Rome in 1814. A very similar composition by Christophe Thomas Degeorge exists, today in the Musée d'art Roger-Quilliot, Clermont-Ferrand.1
1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Degeorge#/media/File:Degeorge_Diagoras.jpg
