Education of Achilles
Date:
1780/1790
Medium:
Oil on paper, mounted on canvas
Dimensions:
15 inches × 18 3/4 inches (38.1 × 47.63 cm)
Credit Line:
Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund
Object number:
79.162
In a clearing the centaur Chiron is teaching the young Achilles to shoot with a bow and arrow. Dressed in a violet cloak, Achilles looks to his teacher on the left while his arm gestures to the right. Chiron, wearing a green cloak and a quiver, holds two more arrows. A dead lion, its back paws bound together with an orange ribbon, lies behind Achilles. A lyre and blue drapery are located in the left foreground. In the upper right a snake lies on one of the boulders which enclose the scene.
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