An Allegory of Dawn

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Formerly attributed to Sebastiano Ricci, this painting is a sketch for the lost ceiling of the Roter Saal at Mannheim Castle (destroyed in 1945), the first of four ceilings Pellegrini designed and painted in 1736 –1737 for Karl Philipp von der Pfalz. The central oval of the Roter Saal showed Aurora in her chariot with its ribbon-like reins held by four Hours, while the surrounding architectural and figurative elements seem to have followed this painting closely.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Oxford

Title

An Allegory of Dawn

Date

1736–1737

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 82 x W 70 cm

Accession number

WA1938.1

Acquisition method

Presented by the Art Fund, 1938

Work type

Painting

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