Italian Hand Colored Engraving by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein: Framed; Based on the Original Collection of Sir William Hamilton's Collection of Ancient Vases

The centaur has brought a rock. The warrior has brought a shield. It seems fair.

This framed, hand-colored engraving by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein comes from Naples, Italy, about 1791, in ink on paper. It is based on Sir William Hamilton's collection of ancient vases. Many of those vases were later lost in a shipwreck, so for some scenes plates like this are the surviving record. A crouching warrior in a plumed helmet braces behind his round shield as a pale centaur rears above him, rock held high. All of it plays out on black. 27 inches wide and 26.5 high.

The pot is gone, as far as anyone can say. The fight continues.