Aurora Heralds the Break of Day to the Four Corners of the Globe

A pen and ink drawing with gray wash over graphite on laid paper shows a winged Aurora and a chariot of horses rising through clouds above. Below, seated allegorical figures, a reclining river god, lions, and a crowd of putti and attendants fill the lower foreground around a tall pedestal.

Artist

Unknown

Date

n.d.

Medium

Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash, over graphite, on ivory laid paper

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 2069 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Edward A. and Inge Maser Collection