Pallas and the Centaur
Artist | Sandro Botticelli |
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Year | c. 1482 |
Type | Tempera on canvas |
Dimensions | 204 cm × 147.5 cm (80 in × 58.1 in) |
Location | Uffizi, Florence |
Pallas and the Centaur is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, circa 1482. It is housed in the Uffizi of Florence. The painting was discovered in 1895 in one of the ante-rooms of the Palazzo Pitti by Mr. William Spence.[1] It has been proposed as the companion piece to Primavera[2] and interpreted as an allegory on the peace after the Pazzi wars.[3]
References
- ↑ Streeter, A. (1903). Botticelli. Original from the University of California: G. Bell and Sons. p. 11.
- ↑ Deimling, Barbara (1 May 2000). Sandro Botticelli, 1444/45-1510. Taschen. p. 45. ISBN 978-3-8228-5992-6. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ↑ A. Streeter, Botticelli, pp 74f.