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.
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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
Print
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.