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Sebastiano Ricci Italian, 1659-1734 The Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs, ca.1705 Oil on canvas Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 58.55 Writhing Bodies intertwine in this scene from Ovid's Metamorphoses, which depicts a battle between the Lapiths, a legendary Greek tribe, and the Centaurs, a mythological race of half-human, half-equine creatures. |
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