Cephalus, an Athenian hero, fell in love with and married Procris. He thought only of his wife Procris, however, and rejected her. 28-42-1425) de-accessioned in 2017 Born in Switzerland, Forster tr 708, ill. Bailey, Colin B., ed. 1942.9.992; M. Morgan Grasselli, Renaissance to Revolution. François Boucher 1703-1770, exh. Aurora, goddess of dawn, is in love with the mortal Cephalus and tries to seduce him. Open Content images tend to be large in file-size. Yeide, Nancy H. Beyond the Dreams of Avarice: The Hermann Goering Collection (Dallas: Laurel Publishing, 2009), pp. Updates and additions stemming from research and imaging activities are ongoing, with new content added each week. Aurora and Cephalus, François Boucher (French, 1703 - 1770), 1769, Oil on canvas, 265 x 86 cm (104 5,16 x 33 7,8 in, Reimagined by Gibon, design of warm cheerful glowing of brightness and light rays radiance. ‘Aurora and Cephalus’ was created in 1810 by Anne-Louis Girodet in Romanticism style. Aurora and Cephalus is an 1811 painting by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, now in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. 50, entry by Alan P. Wintermute. 40, ill. Laing, Alastair, et al. He thought only of his wife Procris and rejected her. This information is published from the Museum's collection database. L'opera completa di Boucher (Milan: Rizzoli, 1980), p. 141, no. He gazes towards a portrait of his wife, Procris, held by a winged cupid. Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Hervé d'Arbonne (Paris, France), sold to Gabriel-Louis-François Périer, 1811. In the possession of the Nazis (Paris, France), restituted to Edmond Charles de Rothschild, 1945/1946. Similar. François Boucher. 84-85, ill. Pillsbury, William P., et al. Help us improve our records by sharing your corrections or suggestions. The goddess of the dawn, Aurora, fell in love with the shepherd Cephalus. Information about the painting, location, other paintings of the artist. Title: Aurora and Cephalus; Creator: François Boucher; Date Created: mid-18th century; Physical Dimensions: 10 x 12 3/8 in. 01.jpg 2,600 × 3,967; 4.9 MB Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2000 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the world's treasures online. Heaven and the Flesh: Imagery of Desire from the Renaissance to the Rococo (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp. 60. Brunel, Georges. At the request of the Meurthe département the Boucher and twelve other paintings were permanently placed in the museum at Nancy even before the passing of the décret Chaptal on 1 September 1801, seen as the foundation date for France's regional museums. 10 This work was not Boucher’s first attempt to tackle the story, however. Medium: Red chalk over traces of black chalk. [2], In 1801, while the Louvre was known as the Central Museum of Arts, Aurora and Cephalus was one of thirty works it selected to decorate the Château de Lunéville for the signing of the Treaty of Lunéville between France and Austria. 2 vols. Measuring 251 × 178 cm, it illustrates lines 661-866 of Book 7 of Ovid's Metamorphoses and is a version the artist's 1810 work of the same subject. You may view this object in Mirador – a IIIF-compatible viewer – by clicking on the IIIF icon below the main image, or by dragging the icon into an open IIIF viewer window. "Les sujets mythologiques." Summary Catalogue of European Paintings in the J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1997), p. 14, ill. Joulie, Françoise. Dimensions: 10 x 12 3/8 in. Cephalus, dressed here in blue, turns away from Aurora, rejecting her advances. Aurora and Cephalus derives from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Cephalus, in Greek mythology, son of Hermes and Herse, daughter of Cecrops, king of Athens. They were bought by Paillet for the French royal collection in the Louvre for 3121 livres. Aurora and Cephalus is one of artworks by Francois Boucher. Aurora, goddess of dawn, is in love with the mortal Cephalus and tries to seduce him. In Pursuit of Quality: The Kimbell Art Museum; An Illustrated History of the Art and Architecture (Fort Worth: The Kimbell Art Museum, 1987), p. 246. Artwork analysis, large resolution images, user comments, interesting facts and much more. In contrast to Aurora's ethereality, Cephalus and his sleeping dog are bound to the earth; Boucher's choice of colors for these two figures—greens, reds, browns, and blues—accentuate this fact. The following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. cat. The text on this page is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, unless otherwise noted. Aurora and Cephalus by François Boucher - Artvee François Boucher (French, 1703-1770) no. A1002, ill. Ilchman, Frederick, Thomas Michie, C. D. Dickerson III, and Esther Bell, eds. The content on this page is available according to the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) specifications. (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2017), p. 307, no. Françoise Joulie and Jean-François Méjanès, eds. Frederick Ilchman, Thomas Michie, C. D. Dickerson III, and Esther Bell, eds. Boucher (Paris: Flammarion, 1986), p. 276. cat. The story of Cephalus and Aurora is told in Book Seven of Ovid's Metamorphoses. According to Hesiod's Theogony, he was beloved by the goddess Dawn (Eos, or Aurora), who carried him off to live with her on Mount Olympus. 하루의 빛을 가져오며 깨끗한 새 날을 여는 새벽의 여신 오로라 Aurora는 달의 여신 셀레네가 잠든 미청년 엔디미온에게 빠져들 듯, 어느날 잠들어 있는 모습에 매혹되어 바람신 에올루스 Aeolus의 손자인 사냥꾼 케팔로스를 사랑하게 됩니다. Boucher produced it after his return from Italy and it was commissioned by François Derbais, advocate to the Parliament of Paris, for his hôtel particulier on rue de la Poissonnière in Paris, as a pendant to Venus Asking Vulcan for Weapons for Aeneas (1732, Louvre). Later, Aurora, goddess of dawn, fell in love with the mortal Cephalus and tried to seduce him. Marie-Charlotte Bergeret de Frouville (Paris, France), possibly by inheritance to her second husband, Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Hervé d'Arbonne. With his hound, Laelaps (Hurricane), he overcame the vixen of Teumessus that had ravaged Boeotia. Aurora, goddess of dawn, fell in love with the mortal Cephalus and tried to seduce him. 147, 360, no. Procris feared that Cephalus had been unfaithful and hid in the woods to spy on him while he was hunting. Together with delicate furnishings of the period, these colorful paintings created a room of Rococo refinement and vivacity. Cephalus, dressed here in blue, turns away from Aurora, rejecting her advances. 2, pp. Eugénie-Zoé Raffard, countess of Marcilly (Paris, France), sold 1882. This image is available for download, without charge, under the Getty's Open Content Program. 55-56, ill. Jaffé, David. “Aurora and Cephalus” by François Boucher depicts Aurora, the goddess of dawn, waking up the mortal Cephalus from sleep. ‘Aurora and Cephalus’ was created in 1810 by Pierre-Narcisse Guerin in Neoclassicism style. She had a roving eye and was frequently attracted to young mortal men. ); unframed: 22.8 x 16.8 cm (9 x 6 5/8 in.). 『アウロラとケファロス』（仏: L'Aurore et Céphale, 英: Aurora and Cephalus, 露: Аврора и Кефал ）は、フランス 新古典主義の画家ピエール＝ナルシス・ゲランが、1808年から1811年にかけて描いた絵画作品である。 295-96, no. After adding your artwork to the shopping cart, you will be able to check the delivery price using the "Estimate Shipping and Tax" tool. Here, François Boucher used light, pastel colors and the broad, rapid brushstrokes found in his tapestry designs. Cephalus was a figure in Greek mythology, son of the ruler of Phocis, Deion, and Diomede.He was married to Procris, daughter of the king of Athens Erectheus and Praxithea.However, he was kidnapped by the goddess of dawn, Eos, and they became lovers. Importants tableaux et dessins de maîtres anciens. cat. (Lausanne: La bibliothèque des arts, 1976), vol. Gabriel-Louis-François Périer, died 1815 (Paris, France), by inheritance to Amédée-Gabriel Périer, 1815. (New York: Stair Sainty Matthiesen, 1987), p. 80, under no. cat. Laing, Alastair, et al. He gazes towards a portrait of his wife, Procris, held by a winged putto – this scene is not included in the most famous version of this story in Ovid’s Metamorphoses (VII: 690–862). Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1774–1833), Aurora and Cephalus (1810), oil on canvas, 254 x 186 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris. Baron Maurice Edmond Charles de Rothschild, French, 1881 - 1957, Private Collection (possibly still Rothschild) (Paris, France) [sold, Palais Galliera, Paris, November 25, 1971, lot 11, through French and company, Inc. (New York, New York) to the J. Paul Getty Museum.]. Pierre-Louis Raffard, comte de Marcilly (Paris, France), by inheritance to Eugénie-Zoé Raffard. Casanova: The Seduction of Europe, exh. Edit attribution Download full size: 2806×4139 px (3,0 Mb) Painter: Francois Boucher. Aurora and Cephalus (after Pierre-Narcisse Guérin ) 1821 engraving on wove paper; 562 x 417 mm (22 1/8 x 16 3/8 inches) provenance Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Paris (Lugt 2203) Charles M. Lea, Philadelphia (Lugt 1662a) Philadelphia Museum of Art (acc. According to Roman mythology and Latin poetry, Aurora has fallen madly in love with Cephalus and who is one of her human lovers. The First Painters of the King: French Royal Taste from Louis XIV to the Revolution, exh. Album navigation: Ctrl Ctrl. The sky is blue tinged with pink, and there is a suggestion of dawn awakening as light appears on the horizon. A drawing of the entire composition for Aurora and Cephalus but with the figures in reverse to the present sheet and the painting is in the National Gallery of Art, Washington (Inv. Aurora and Cephalus is a 1733 painting by François Boucher, signed by the artist and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy. The present sheet isolates the figures of Aurora and a putto on a group of clouds. Find more prominent pieces of mythological painting at Wikiart.org – best visual art database. The subject of Aurora and Cephalus was fairly rare in the eighteenth century and has proved a source of some confusion to modern scholars. Cephalus and Aurora LACMA 65.37.152.jpg 2,100 × 1,839; 1.38 MB Cephalus and Aurora(eos).jpg 600 × 446; 33 KB Cratere dell'aurora, con ratto di kenphalos, eos su quadriga e lasa, e ratto di teti da peleo, falerii, necropoli di colonnette, tomba 4, 375-350 ac ca. As he went back to his wife, Cephalus started to worry whether his wife had been unfaithful to him. In contrast to Aurora's ethereality, Cephalus and his sleeping dog are bound to the earth; Boucher's choice of colors for these two figures—greens, reds, browns, and blues—accentuate this fact. Baron Maurice Edmond Charles de Rothschild, French, 1881 - 1957, looted by the Nazis, 1940. François Boucher: His Circle and Influence, exh. Bell, Esther. Ananoff, Alexandre, and Daniel Wildenstein. Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris) Date: mid-18th century. https://museum-essays.getty.edu/paintings/ebeeny-boucher/, The text on this page is licensed under a, All Getty Research Institute Publications, Conservation Perspectives, The GCI Newsletter, GCI Reference Collection (for materials analysis), Research Assistance at GCI Information Center, Links to Cultural Heritage Policy Documents, Eugénie-Zoé Raffard, countess of Marcilly, Baron Maurice Edmond Charles de Rothschild, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF), Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth), January 17 to April 18, 2004, Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth), August 27 to December 31, 2017, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, July 8 to October 9, 2018. [1] It shows Cephalus and Aurora (the Roman form of Eos) from Book VII of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Jigsaw puzzle. Comment. Later, when Cephalus and Procris are reunited, they each doubt the fidelity of the other. From J. Paul Getty Museum, François Boucher, Aurora and Cephalus (1769), Oil on canvas, 7.6 cm diameter Franceschini has pictured the moment of a rejected embrace, when Cephalus pries himself away from the lovestruck goddess. Jean-François Bergeret de Frouville, died 1783 (Paris, France), commissioned by Jean-François Bergeret from the artist for Hôtel Bergeret de Frouville, 1768; by inheritance to his daughter, Marie-Charlotte Bergeret de Frouville, 1783. Hart, Clive, and Kay Gilliland Stevenson. Favorites. Pierre-Narcisse Guérin - Aurora and Cephalus (study).jpg 1,372 × 1,920; 243 KB. cat. Baron Edmond James de Rothschild, Austrian, 1845 - 1934 (Paris, France; Boulogne-sur-Seine, France), by inheritance to Maurice (Edmond Charles) de Rothschild, 1934. Images and other media are excluded. (Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1986), pp. [3], "L'amour au point du jour / Divine idylle", Vulcan Presenting Venus with Arms for Aeneas, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aurora_and_Cephalus&oldid=988858176, Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 15 November 2020, at 17:55. Aurora, Cephalus, Greek mythology, classic art, painting, Aurora and Cephalus | 5000x2962 Wallpaper Each Aurora And Cephalus reproduction created by our expert artists is completely handmade in our own studio using the best materials available to ensure the durability and preservation quality of a … M. Johnson, probably sold to Edmond James de Rothschild, about 1882. Title: Aurora and Cephalus. Album: Francois Boucher, #303/306. November 25, 1971, unpaginated, lot 11, ill., cover ill. Ananoff, Alexandre, and Daniel Wildenstein. 'Aurora and Cephalus' by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, 1783, Pushkin Museum.JPG 2,168 × 3,124; 753 KB. In 1768, Jean-François Bergeret de Frouville commissioned a set of six mythological subjects for his house in Paris. The sky is blue tinged with pink, and there is a suggestion of dawn awakening as light appears on the horizon. (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2017), pp. Cephalus, in Greek mythology, son of Hermes and Herse, daughter of Cecrops, king of Athens. ★ Image resolution: 1979×3000 px. "Paris." (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986), pp. Boucher painted the works, including this one and its companion piece, Venus on the Waves , just one year before his death. 670, fig. Oil on canvas; framed: 34.9 x 29.9 x 7 cm (13 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. This painting depicts Cephalus, son of Hermes and Herse, who in Greek mythology was beloved by the goddess of Dawn (Eos or Aurora), and was carried off by her to live on Mount Olympus. 84-85, entry by Alastair Laing. The other four paintings now belong to the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. Amédée-Gabriel Périer, died 1838 (Paris, France), by inheritance to his cousin, Pierre-Louis Raffard, 1838. Diana, goddess of hunting, gave the huntsman Cephalus a magic dog and spear. Palais Galliera, Paris. Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (French, 1767-1824). In this tall decorative panel, Aurora, the goddess of dawn, gazes longingly upon the sleeping mortal Cephalus, with whom she has fallen madly in love. Find more prominent pieces of mythological painting at Wikiart.org – best visual art database. In François Boucher: hier et aujourd'hui, exh. cat. Guérin-amouretomphale.jpg 419 × 597; 38 KB. To avoid potential data charges from your carrier, we recommend making sure your device is connected to a Wi-Fi network before downloading. Derbais' descendants sold both works, which came back on the market together in the posthumous sale of Watelet's collection on 12 June 1786. 318-24, under nos. François Boucher (French, 1703 - 1770) 265 × 86 cm (104 5/16 × 33 7/8 in.) Cephalus never stopped loving Procris, though, which caused the discontent of Eos and eventually, she returned him to his wife. Bailey, Colin, et al. Wikimedia Commons. 1751. 128, 136, ill. 321-27, under nos. (25.4 x 31.5 cm) Type: Drawing; External Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/336374; Medium: Red chalk over traces of black chalk; Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Cephalus protested and explained to Aurora his love for his wife, and she let him go, warning him that if Aurora saw him again, he would regret ever marrying Procris. In Casanova: The Seduction of Europe, exh. Later, missing his wife, Procris, Cephalus begs to return. François Boucher, 1703 -1770, exh. Aurora and Cephalus, c.1810. 71.PA.55. cat. Girodet’s Aurora and Cephalus (1805) shows the goddess abducting Cephalus at dawn, and taking him up into the sky still asleep. Aurora, goddess of the dawn, shown here with roses in her hair to symbolize the “rosy-fingered dawn” of classical poetry, fell in love with the married Cephalus and attempted to make him stray from his mortal wife, Procris. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Painting and … She eventually seized him at daybreak, bringing him to the heavens while he slept—the scene Girodet has painted here. Shortly afterwards while hunting deer he caught the attention of the Goddess of Dawn, Aurora. Classic art reinvented with a modern twist. Aurora and Cephalus Francois Boucher (1703-1770) 30 / 306 0 ; Francois Boucher – Aurora and Cephalus Musee des Beaux-Arts de Nancy . It shows Cephalus and Aurora (the Roman form of Eos) from Book VII of Ovid's Metamorphoses. The canvas will be rolled-up in a secure postal tube. 9 The Getty painting, for example, is listed as Venus and Endymion in Alexandre Ananoff and Daniel Wildenstein’s catalogue raisonné. 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