At the center of the composition, a muscular centaur twists his body as he clutches a woman dressed in a flowing pink garment, her pale limbs tense and her gaze turned anxiously toward the left. The centaur’s powerful torso and equine body dominate the scene, his head turned toward the woman, while his right arm holds her tightly around the waist. To the lower left, a bearded man crouches at the riverbank, his muscular arms drawing back a bow, his intent gaze fixed on the central group.

On the right, a reclining river god with a blue drapery leans back, his arm resting on an urn from which water flows, while a nymph sits beside him, her body turned away from the drama at the center. The landscape is lush and atmospheric, with dense trees rising in the background and a single slender trunk arching above the central figures, its sparse leaves catching the light. The artist uses sweeping, energetic brushstrokes to model flesh and fabric, while the background trees and sky are rendered with looser, more fluid touches, creating a sense of movement and drama throughout the scene.

Light falls from the upper left, illuminating the woman’s bare skin and the centaur’s torso, while casting the lower figures and riverbank into shadow, heightening the tension of the moment. The palette is dominated by earthy browns and greens, punctuated by the pink of the woman’s dress and the pale blue of the river god’s drapery, with subtle transitions between light and dark adding depth to the landscape.