In an oil painting by the French painter Moreau, three of the man-eating horses belonging to Diomedes, the king of the Bistonians, are depicted as ready to devour him. In fact, one of the horses has already begun to eat his hand. The horses' former victims can be seen to the right and behind them: dead bodies and skulls that would become prey for the incoming vultures. In the background, there is a monumental entryway to the city where Diomedes reigned. Heracles, fatigued and leaning on his club, watches the successful outcome of his labor from above the gate.