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The image shows two central figures prominently in the foreground. The figure on the left is a centaur, with a muscular upper human body and a horse's lower body, standing upright and facing the right. The centaur's facial features include a pronounced nose, a beard, and curly hair. The centaur wears a draped cloth over one shoulder. The figure on the right is a male human, also muscular, standing with one leg forward and holding a small child in his arms. This man has curly hair and an expressionless face, with a drapery covering his lower body in a classical style. In terms of background, the scene presents a rustic setting with a wooden structure resembling a house or stable, trees, a hillside, and distant mountains. Other figures can be seen in the background, including another centaur and a human child near the wooden structure.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Apollo Entrusting Chiron with the Education of Asclepius
Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius
- Date
- 1590
- Medium
- engraving on laid paper
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2008.55.4
- Credit line
- Gift of Charles Hack
- Time span
- 1551 to 1600
- Department
- CG-E
Portfolio and series
- Series
- Ovid's Metamorphoses, Part II (plate 15)
Subjects and terms
- Male figure
- Horse
- Baby
- Building
- Writing
Provenance
D'Arenberg Collection, Brussels and Westphalia (Lugt 567); Charles Hack, New York; gift to NGA, 2008.
Inscription
lower left in plate: 15; lower center in plate: Insoutiem sobolem, nec sonte Coronide, Apollo... / ... Palaulatium forman filia sumit equip.
NGA object ID 140124. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.