Jean Guillaume Rosier

Ruth K. Gaylord, New York;

Forbes Magazine Collection, New York;

Sotheby's, New York, 13 October 1993, lot 26 (consigned by the above);

Private collection, New York (acquired at the above sale);

Acquired by 2022 by the present owner.

Diagoras, a Greek philosopher and poet, was renowned for his atheism. He was a native of the island of Melos and a disciple of Democritus. Here, the artist depicts Diagoras victoriously riding on his son's shoulders after receiving a poetry award.