Aurora
ArtistWorkshop of
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
(Italian, 1696 - 1770)
Datec. 1750-1755
CultureItalian
MediumFresco transferred to canvas
ClassificationPaintings
ProvenancePainted for the Palazzo Onigo a Sant’Andrea, Treviso; detached between 1900 and 1909 and purchased by Antonio Grandi, Milan; Samuel-Jean Pozzi (1846–1918), Paris; (sold Pozzi sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 23 June 1919, lot 25, for 8,500 francs, to Ercole Canessa); (sold Canessa sale, American Art Association, New York, 25 January 1924, lot 178, for $4,500). (Julius Böhler, Munich and Lucerne); by 17 February 1927, John Ringling (1866–1936), Sarasota, Florida; bequest in 1936 to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida.
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.
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DimensionsFrame: 121 3/4 x 58 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (309.2 x 148.6 x 6.4 cm)- Museum of Art, Gallery 18, Wall West
Image: 116 7/8 x 54 1/4 in. (296.9 x 137.7 cm)
Sienese
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