What is the title of Michelangelo's early marble relief depicting a centaur battle?

Michelangelo’s early marble relief depicting a centaur battle is titled Battle of the Centaurs. He carved it around 1492 while still under the patronage of Lorenzo de’ Medici in Florence.

The relief depicts the mythological clash between the Lapiths and the Centaurs at the wedding feast of Pirithous. The poet and classical scholar Angelo Poliziano is traditionally credited with suggesting the subject to the young artist. Michelangelo kept the work throughout his life and reportedly regarded it as his finest early sculpture.

Battle of the Centaurs is especially important because it shows Michelangelo moving beyond the flatter, more orderly relief style associated with earlier Renaissance sculptors. The tightly intertwined bodies create a dynamic, multidimensional composition. Its unfinished or deliberately rough areas also anticipate Michelangelo’s later non-finito approach.

A common mix-up is Madonna of the Stairs, another early marble work by Michelangelo and the relief that preceded it chronologically. The centaur battle is now held at Casa Buonarroti in Florence.