Chiron, the Centaur

and the Education of Achilles in War and Music

(frontispiece of Machiavelli’s, La Mandragola)

The Education of Achilles by the Centaur Chiron
Baron Jean-Baptiste Regnault, Paris 1754-1829
The Louvre, Paris

Achilles and the Centaur Chiron
Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (1708 - 1787)