Education of Achilles

Date1780/1790

Object PlaceFrance, Western Europe, Europe

MediumOil on paper, mounted on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings

Dimensions15 inches × 18 3/4 inches (38.1 × 47.63 cm)

Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund

Object number79.162

DescriptionIn 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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