The Rape of Deianira (Hercules shoots the centaur Nessus)
Oil on canvas, 51 x 71 cm.
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This flavorful representation of the episode taken from the Metamorphoses (IX, 101-133), which tells of the killing of Nessus by Hercules, because during the crossing of a river the centaur had tried to rape his companion Deianira, brings us directly back to those Arcadian-fairytale interpretations of so many similar mythological subjects, of which Filippo Lauri was undoubtedly the most congenial and requested pictorial representative in the second half of the 17th century, as evidenced by his substantial specific catalog... (see catalog)
(Giancarlo Sestieri)
Measurements H x W x D
Height cm. : 51
Width cm. : 71
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