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Black and white print of a chaotic battle: centaurs and armored warriors rear and fight across a wide horizontal field under clouds.

Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs

A dense engraved battle scene shows rearing horses with human torsos, armored warriors with swords and shields, and nude fighters grappling in the foreground. Figures press across a wide horizontal format under a cloudy sky, rendered in fine hatched lines on cream paper.

Artist
Geronima Cagnaccia Parasole
Date
c. 1600
Medium
Woodcut on cream laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1042 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1605).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund

Español: Batalla de los lapitas y centauros

Una escena de batalla densa, grabada con líneas finas, muestra caballos encabritados con torsos humanos, guerreros blindados con espadas y escudos, y luchadores desnudos enfrentados en primer plano. Las figuras se agolpan en un formato horizontal bajo un cielo nublado, sobre papel crema.

Português: Batalha dos Lápitas e Centauros

Uma cena de batalha densa, gravada com linhas finas, mostra cavalos empinados com torsos humanos, guerreiros blindados com espadas e escudos, e lutadores nus em confronto no primeiro plano. As figuras se amontoam em formato horizontal sob um céu nublado, em papel creme.