Chiron Teaches Music to Achilles

Gaetano Zompini, after Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

National Gallery of Art

This is a drawing of mythological creatures in a landscape. The image shows a gathering of mythological beings under a tree canopy. One figure plays a stringed instrument, another reads a book or musical score. Another creature with a horse’s lower body lounges nearby, leaning on an architectural structure with carvings and reliefs. The background includes trees and a distant hill. The composition is detailed, with intricate lines showing texture of foliage, fur, and architecture.