Aurora
ArtistWorkshop of
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
(Italian, 1696 - 1770)
Datec. 1750-1755
MediumFresco transferred to canvas
DimensionsFrame: 121 3/4 x 58 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (309.2 x 148.6 x 6.4 cm)
Image: 116 7/8 x 54 1/4 in. (296.9 x 137.7 cm)
Image: 116 7/8 x 54 1/4 in. (296.9 x 137.7 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN184
Like another painting in the collection by Tiepolo, this work is also a detached fresco, and originally adorned the wall of a palazzo (in this case, in Treviso). Aurora is the Roman goddess of dawn, who was thought to renew herself every morning and fly across the sky. Here she chases away the night with her torch—note the bats scattering at bottom, and the dark skies receding in her wake.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 18, Wall West
Sienese
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