Centaur

Florentine 15th Century, after the Antique

National Gallery of Art

This is an oval medallion depicting a centaur with a bare, muscled chest, facing the right. The centaur has curly hair and a long beard, and it is posed with one leg raised off the ground and one arm extended over its head. In the other hand it holds a long staff or weapon. It appears to have several objects on its back, including what might be the large body of a fish; however, the details are hard to discern. The sculpture is made from a dark brown material.