Nessus enlevant Déjanire (Nessus abducting Deianira) by Laurent Marqueste, 1892
Le Grand Carré
Jardin des Tuileries (Tuileries Garden)
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2012
“Once, when Deianira and Hercules were traveling, they came to the Evenus River. A centaur, Nessos, had been appointed ferryman there. As he carried Deianira across, he tried to assault her, and Hercules, hearing her screams, ran to rescue his damsel in distress. Hercules shot the centaur in the heart with one of his arrows.” (Deianira, Perseus Project digital library)
They have that thing behind them, I wonder what they make of it! :-)
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