# Nessus Abducting Deianira

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GIROMETTI, Giuseppe](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girometti-giuseppe-r9a878e1a3a0cc2>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Sardonyx, mounted in gold as a pendant, 405 x 480 mm

## Commentary

The centaur Nessus, midstream, is carrying the protesting Deianira, wife of Hercules, at the very moment that Hercules, standing on the riverbank facing them, fires the arrow that will kill him. Girometti &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/t/thorvald/nessus.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/t/thorvald/nessus.html&#34;&gt;repeated a relief&lt;/a&gt; by the Danish Neoclassical sculptor Thorvaldsen. Girometti signed the cameo in Greek.

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- [Brooch set](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girometti-giuseppe-r9a878e1a3a0cc2/brooch-set-rb5e14c6bf083fa>)

## Attribution

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