Cephalus carried off by Aurora in her Chariot (Cartoon for a fresco in the Gallery of the Palazzo Farnese, Rome)

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Number:020381

Title:Cephalus carried off by Aurora in her Chariot (Cartoon for a fresco in the Gallery of the Palazzo Farnese, Rome)

Artist: Carracci, Agostino (1557-1602)

Museum: National Gallery, London

Method: Coal, chalk on paper

Created: c. 1599

School: Italy, Bolognese School

Category: Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Trend in art: Mannerism

Keywords: Nude, Nudity, Love, Daybreak, Sleep, Mythology, Roman mythology, Ovid, Ancient Greece, Nude body, Ancient Rome, Aurora and Cephalus, Eos, Greek Goddess, Goddess of light or dawn, "Metamorphoses", Greek mythology, Abducting, Aurora, Cephalus, Chariot