Apollo Entrusting Chiron with the Education of Asclepius

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius

National Gallery of Art

The image shows two central figures prominently in the foreground. The figure on the left is a centaur, with a muscular upper human body and a horse's lower body, standing upright and facing the right. The centaur's facial features include a pronounced nose, a beard, and curly hair. The centaur wears a draped cloth over one shoulder. The figure on the right is a male human, also muscular, standing with one leg forward and holding a small child in his arms. This man has curly hair and an expressionless face, with a drapery covering his lower body in a classical style. In terms of background, the scene presents a rustic setting with a wooden structure resembling a house or stable, trees, a hillside, and distant mountains. Other figures can be seen in the background, including another centaur and a human child near the wooden structure.