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Aurora (Roman deity)

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  • Aurora and Cephalus. Etching by P. Aquila, 167-, after Annibale Carracci.
  • Aurora [Eos]. Engraving by G.H. Frezza, 1704, after P. de Petris after F. Albani.
  • Aurora and Cephalus. Etching by P. Aquila, 167-, after Annibale Carracci.
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    Aurora [Eos]. Engraving by G.H. Frezza, 1704, after P. de Petris after F. Albani.

    Albani, Francesco, 1578-1660. | Date: 1704 | Reference: 11474i
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    Cephalus and Aurora. Engraving by F. Holl after N. Poussin.

    Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665. | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 16718i
    Part of: National Gallery of pictures by the great masters.
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    Cephalus and Aurora: Aurora (Eos), the dawn goddess, snatches Cephalus the hunter and forces him away with her on a cloud, while his hound is asleep. Engraving by M. Dorigny, 1642, after S. Vouet.

    Vouet, Simon, 1590-1649. | Date: 1642 | Reference: 2815028i
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    Aurora and Cephalus. Etching by P. Aquila, 167-, after Annibale Carracci.

    Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609. | Date: [between 1670 and 1679?] | Reference: 11616i
    Part of: Paintings by Annibale Carracci in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome. Etchings by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
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    A landscape in which Cephalus is returned to his wife Procris by his lover Aurora. Etching by J. Browne, 1777, after Claude Lorrain.

    Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682. | Date: 1777 | Reference: 2855889i
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