The Funeral of Miltiades

Why it's great

Miltiades, the Athenian general who won at Marathon, died in disgrace, and his son Cimon agreed to take his place in prison so that his father could have a proper funeral. Jean-François Pierre Peyron painted this story of loyalty in 1782 for the Paris Salon.

🏛️ Part of history

Classical Greece: From Marathon to Socrates (490–399 BC) — Miltiades, the Athenian general who won at Marathon, died in disgrace, and his son Cimon agreed to take his place in prison so that his father could have a proper funeral.

Where to see it

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About the artist

Jean-François Pierre Peyron

1744–1814 · born in Aix-en-Provence · died in Paris

Jean-François Pierre Peyron was a French painter born in Aix-en-Provence in 1744. He won the Prix de Rome, worked in Rome and became an important early Neoclassical history painter and later a director of the Gobelins tapestry works. He died in Paris in 1814.