# Nessus and Deianira

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PÉCHEUX, Laurent](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pcheux-laurent-rba3c60cbfc359c>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

The subject is taken from Ovid \(Met. 9:101-133\). On a journey, Hercules and Deianira came to a river where the centaur Nessus was the ferryman. While carrying Deianira across he attempted to ravish her. Hercules, already on the further bank, drew his bow and slew Nessus.

## Related artworks

- [Ceiling painting: Truth Pursued by Time](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pcheux-laurent-rba3c60cbfc359c/ceiling-painting-truth-pursued-by-time-r7320c7c5de393b>)
- [Portrait of Maria Luisa of Parma, Later Queen of Spain](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pcheux-laurent-rba3c60cbfc359c/portrait-of-maria-luisa-of-parma-later-queen-of-spain-re03f75a17bafc8>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)