Pallas and the Centaur
Sandro Botticelli · 1482
Why it's great
The goddess Pallas Athena holds a centaur, half man and half horse, by his hair, and a branch of olive is wound around her gown. Sandro Botticelli painted it in about 1482, and it may show wisdom taming wild instincts.
Where to see it
📍 Uffizi GalleryFlorence, Italy
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Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter born in Florence in 1445. He worked for the Medici family and painted graceful, flowing pictures such as The Birth of Venus and Primavera. He lived in Florence all his life and died there in 1510.
