Aurora riding her Chariot (from the Arch of Constantine)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1759 - 1769
Materials
Oil on canvas (grisaille)
Measurements
1016 x 1270 mm (40 x 50 in) (E)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 108790
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (grisaille), Aurora riding her Chariot (from the Arch of Constantine), British (English) School, 1759-69. If this work relates to the Iliad sequence or the River God Alpheus if it relates to the round painting below. Based on bas-reliefs of the Hadrianic period c. 130-138, inverted. Aurora (Day) is a female goddess and opposite to the moon, Silene (Diana), also female representing Night.
Provenance
Recorded in the Hall by 1769; bought with part of the contents of Kedleston Hall with the aid of the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) in 1986 when the house and park were given to the National Trust by Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale (1924-2000)
Credit line
Kedleston Hall, The Scarsdale Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and transferred to The National Trust in 1987)
Marks and inscriptions
n
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist