Aurora--A Copy of the Celebrated Fresco by Guido Reni, (painting)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

artist
Ratti, A.
Guido (copy after)
Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 53
The original picture is on the ceiling of the Casino, in the Garden of Ruspigliosa Palace, in Rome. It represents the car of the Sun, driven by Apollo, surrounded by the Houris, and preceded by Aurora, who scatters flowers in the morning. The original is from eighteen to twenty feet in length--figures, size of life. "Oh! mark again the coursers of the sun,/ At GUIDO's call, their round of glory run;/ Again the Rosy Hours resume their flight,/ Obscured and lost in floods of golden light." Painted by A. RATTI, ROME. [P. 9.]
Catalogue of Pictures and Statuary, in the Art Gallery at Woodward's Gardens, on Fourteenth Street, between Mission and Valencia Streets. San Francisco: Jos. Winterburn & Co., Printers and Electrotypers, No. 417 Clay Street, below Sansome. 1869.
Artist address: Rome.
1876
Control number
AECI 02810054
Type
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
Topic
Mythology--Classical--Aurora
Mythology--Classical--Apollo
Mythology--Classical--Hours
Literature--Poetry
Figure(s) In Exterior
Record ID
siris_aeci_53559
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