Nessus Abducts Deianira

Sebastiano Riccic. 1700

Kunsthaus Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland

The centaur Nessus provides ferry services; when he tries to take Hercules' wife Deianeira, he is shot by the latter (Ovid, Metamorphoses, IX, 101-133).

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Title: Nessus Abducts Deianira
Creator: Sebastiano Ricci
Creator Lifespan: 1659 – 1734
Creator Death Place: Venice, Italy
Creator Birth Place: Belluno, Italy
Date Created: c. 1700
Physical Dimensions: 219 x 267 cm
Type: painting
External Link: Kunsthaus Zürich, Online Collection
Medium: Oil on canvas
Art Movement: Baroque
Original title: Nesso rapisce Deianira
Inventory number: KS 56
Credit line: Kunsthaus Zürich, The Betty and David Koetser Foundation, 1986

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