GUERCINO
(b. 1591, Cento, d. 1666, Bologna)

Ceiling painting (detail)

1621
Tempera
Casino dell'Aurora, Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi, Rome

The picture shows part of the ceiling painting depicting Aurora in Her Triumphal Chariot in the Sala dell'Aurora.

Aurora's car is drawn by a pair of stamping brown-and-white horses.




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