Aurora auf dem Wagen mit Gefolge

Title

Aurora auf dem Wagen mit Gefolge

Draughtsman

• German, 17th century ?

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• watercolours
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• watercolour painting
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• figure study
• animal study
• movement study
• composition study
• ceiling painting design?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet unten links auf einem angestückten Papier (mit der Feder in Schwarz): [unleserlich];
über das Blatt verteilt: la gloria / la fede / Apollo / la carita / la speranza / la notte

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Aurora
• Gloria
• Fides
• Apollo
• Caritas
• Spes
• Nox

Primary

• 92E178 triumph of Aurora: in her chariot drawn by two (sometimes four) horses, and possibly scattering flowers; Aurora's victory over the night; 'Carro dell'Aurora' (Ripa)
• 23R140 personification of the night, 'Nox'; 'Notte', 'Carro della notte', 'Serenità della notte' (Ripa)
• 31A27631 sitting or standing on clouds
• 22C32 light shining out of the heavens

Alternative Attribution

• Italian draughtsman; by note on mount
• German draughtsman; declined, by note on mount