‘”LE LEVER DE L?AURORE” / LATIN VERSE BELOW IMAGE FROM VIRGIL: O, QUAE PRIMA NOVO SPARSISTI LUMINE TERRAS / ET ROSEIS CRINITA SUPERVENIS AURORA CAPILLIS’

– Mythological scene showing Aurora, goddess of dawn, rising in her chariot and scattering flowers, accompanied by putti. A reclining male figure parts the curtain of night.

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Description

Medium: Crayon-style engraving printed in sanguine colour on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 47.2 x 35.5 cm (18.58 x 13.98 inch). Image size: 38.7 x 27.3 cm. (15.24 x 10.75 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Paper separation along right plate edge, backed. Some thin paper spots. Small rust hole in top margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

AURORA, DAWN, SUNRISE, MYTHOLOGICAL, GODDESS, CHARIOT, PUTTI, SKY, ALLEGORY, CLASSICAL, FRENCH ENGRAVING | PCO-B2-06

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by Chereau, Paris, c. 1780.

Biography engraver: Jean-Baptiste Lucien (c.1748-1806) was an 18th-century French engraver known for his refined reproductive prints, often working in crayon-style after leading painters.

Biography artist: Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre (1714-1789) was First Painter to King Louis XV and renowned for his mythological and allegorical works in the Rococo style.