Apollo in his Chariot preceded by Aurora (after Reni)
after Guido Reni (Bologna 1575 – Bologna 1642)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1092 x 1943 mm (43 x 76 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Vyne Estate, Hampshire
NT 719805
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Apollo in his Chariot preceded by Aurora (after Reni), after Guido Reni (Bologna 1575 – Bologna 1642). Apollo (Helios), surrounded by maidens (Hours/Nymphs) against a golden backdrop, accompanined by Phosphorus (morning star) holding a torch, drives his sister, Diana (Selene) into the darkness OR preceded by Aurora (Dawn). A copy of the famous 'Aurora' freco of 1613 - 1614 in the Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi, Rome.
Provenance
Acquired some time between 1842 and Chaloner Chute's Notes, 1880s and again after 1888 this was the overmantel in the Chapel Parlour (see Martha Chute's watercolour of the Chapel Parlour); bequeathed with The Vyne, estate and contents by Sir Charles Chute, 1st Bt (1879-1956)
Credit line
The Vyne, The Chute Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
after Guido Reni (Bologna 1575 – Bologna 1642), artist