Centaurs, across the broad history of art are wild, rapacious, and violent. With the exception of a few, they represent man’s bestial nature.
We can only aspire to this centaur’s dazzle, self-possession, grace, weird athleticism, and sartorial knack.
The horse portion of the centaur is from “Whistlejacket” by George Stubbs,1762. I loved horses. I learned to draw by extensively and repetitively drawing from Stubb’s horses and dogs. The fabric wrapped around the horse is from “Portrait of Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza”, anonymous, 1601, Rijksmuseum.