The Death of the Centaur Nessus 1696 - 1697. by Luca Giordano 1634-1705 was an Italian late Baroque painter, Italy, ( Hercules wades effortlessly across the powerful Euenos River while his wife, the beautiful Deianira, requires the aid of the centaur Nessus to do so. While ferrying her across, the centaur attempts to rape her. )

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