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'The Education of Achilles: The Riding Lesson', 17th century. Artist: Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne

'The Education of Achilles: The Riding Lesson', 17th century. Artist: Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne

1-155-473 - Art Media/Heritage Images

'The Education of Achilles: The Riding Lesson', 17th century. Achilles' riding master is a centaur, a legendary creature with the body of a horse and the torso of a man. Achilles is mounted on the centaur who is pointing with his whip to a spirited dappled grey horse. Achilles, hero of Homer's Iliad, in Greek legend was son of Thetis, chief Nereid (sea nymph) by Peleus, King of the Myrmidons.

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Creator
  1. Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne, attributed to: French: Artist, painter
People Related
  1. Homer: Ancient Greek: Poet
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World Europe Greece

  1. 39 00 00 N , 022 00 00 E
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Society & Culture Education

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4671x2241
File Size : 30,668kb

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  1. 003837
  1. 003837
  1. 0510000259
  1. 1-155-473
  1. 1155473
  1. 259
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