The Chariot Race (1873)
by the Hungarian painter Alexander originally Sándor von Wagner
(1838- 919). Wagner was a student of the famous Karl von Piloty and
became later himself a professor in history painting at the Munich
Academy.
His most famous work is
Chariot Race, which he painted for the Vienna Exposition (1873). The
painting depicts the close of a chariot race in the Circus Maximus in
Ancient Rome, presided over by Emperor Domitian. Chariot Race was
completed in 1882 just two years after the publication of Ben-Hur.
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