Centaur Gallery

Roman marble sarcophagus with Dionysiac scenes, 2nd century

Roman marble sarcophagus with Dionysiac scenes, also showing centaurs, fauns, and Silenus. From the National Museum in Rome, 2nd century

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Hercules and the Centaurs: Hercules holds the head of a centaur with his left hand

Hercules and the Centaurs: Hercules holds the head of a centaur with his left hand and raises his club with his right hand, in the foreground and background are fallen and fleeing centaurs, from the series The Labors of Hercules, 1608

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Royal Academy - Prize Sculpture, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Royal Academy - Prize Sculpture, 1844. After The Battle of the Centaurs and Lapithae, a sculpture by Edward Bowring Stephens. For this beautiful bas-relief, 7 feet by 4 feet 6 inches, Mr. Edward B. Stephens received the gold medal at the last distribution of prizes at the Royal Academy [in London]. It is an exquisitely classic composition, representing the celebrated battle of the Centaurs and the Lapiths'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

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