Nesso rapisce Deianira

c. 1700

Sebastiano Ricci1659 Belluno – 1734 Venedig
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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).
Also known as
Nessus entführt Deianeira Nessus Abducts Deianira Nessus enlève Déjanire
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 219 x 267 cm
Inventory number
KS 56
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, The Betty and David Koetser Foundation, 1986