Page:Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings, 1887, vol 1.djvu/138

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ATTROEA Vatican ; picture in grisaille, under the Par- nassus, at right. Emperor Augustus pre- venting the friends of Virgil, Tucca and Varius, from burning the MS. of the .ZEneid, and effect. Engraved by P. Pozzi (1880). Burckhardt, 773. AURORA, Guido Reni, Palazzo Rospigli- osi, Rome ; fresco, on the ceiling of the gar- Aurora, Guercino, Palazzo Ludovisi, Rom as the poet had directed ; on right, eight other figures. Painted in 1511. Passavant, ii. 91. AURORA, Guercino, Palazzo Ludovisi, Rome. Painted on the ceiling of a casino in the gardens of the villa. Apollo seated in a car dragged above the clouds by heavy mottled horses, is surrounded by the Hours. den pavilion. Aurora precedes Phoebus, who, sitting in a chariot drawn by horses, is attended by the Hours, graceful figures varied in action. Best work of the master for composition and color. Engraved by J. Frey ; Pasqualiui ; R. Morghen ; C. Preisel. Ch. Blanc, licole bolonaise ; Kug- ler (Eastlake), ii. 489 ; Lavice, 383. Aurora, Guido Reni, Palazzo Rospigliosi, Rome. The fresco resembles that of the same sub- 1 AUSTERLITZ, BATTLE OF, Gerard, ject by Guido at the Palazzo Rospigliosi, ! Versailles Museum ; fought, Dec. 2, 1805. but is inferior to it in composition, color, ; Scene : Gen. Rapp, wounded, gallops to an-