Battle of the Centaurs
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Battle of the Centaurs is a relief done by the Italian High Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti, around 1492. It is in the Florentine museum Casa Buonarroti.
Battle is the second known piece made by Michelangelo. It was carved in white Carrara marble for Lorenzo de' Medici and left unfinished at the prince's death. Variously identified as the Battle of the Centaurs and the Rape of Deianira or Battle of Hercules and the Centaurs, it reflects Michelangelo's study of late Roman sarcophagi,...
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