File:Drawing, Design for a Painted Ceiling of Irregular Shape- Aurora, 1790–1810 (CH 18111663).jpg

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English: Drawing, Design for a Painted Ceiling of Irregular Shape: Aurora, 1790–1810   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Drawing, Design for a Painted Ceiling of Irregular Shape: Aurora, 1790–1810
Description
English: Design for a painted ceiling, viewed directly from below. The central circular decoration shows Aurora (a winged figure riding in a chariot pulled by two horses; a putto with a burning torch flies in front of her). The scene is placed within a tromp l'oeil architectural framework. At each corner, an illusionary lunette with a pointed arch contains a bust on a pedestal: Orpheus for Music, Homer for Poetry, Apelles for Painting, and Vitruvius for Architecture.
Date 1790–1810
Medium

pen and brown and black ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk

on paper
Dimensions 48.5 x 48.5 cm (19 1/8 x 19 1/8 in. ); irregular
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1901-39-1803
Credit line Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Inscriptions Watermark: WHATMAN and the left side of a Strasburgh lily above a similar watermark:monogram (See Churchill 415).
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Inscribed: Inscribed in pen and black ink, at each corner on each pedestal beneath each portrait:HOMERUS/ APELLES/ VITRUVIUS/ ORPHEUS
  • Period: Neoclassical
  • Country: Italy
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