# Battle between the Lapiths and the Centaurs [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GIORDANO, Luca]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 255 x 390 cm ## Commentary Battle between the Lapiths and the Centaurs 1688 Oil on canvas, 255 x 390 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg The conflict between the Lapiths, a semimythical tribe of giants, and the Centaurs is supposed to have broken out at their king's wedding, when the Centaurs tried to abduct the bride. Giordano persuasively presents the details while demonstrating the breadth of his abilities. In the foreground, passions rage and threaten to spill off the canvas as the delightful natural wealth in the landscape recalls the happy celebration so rudely interrupted. ## Related artworks - [A Cynical Philospher]() - [A Homage to Velázquez]() - [Aaron's Sacrifice, and the Destruction of the Band of Korah \(detail\)]() - [Aaron's Sacrifice, and the Destruction of the Band of Korah]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Allegory of the Peace between Florence and Fiesole]() - [Allegory of Wisdom]() - [Apotheosis of the Medici]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()