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Sevres Guido Reni’s “Aurora”, collector plate, cobalt blue and gold, signed, handpainted with mythological figures. Marked Sevres and there is a name under the impression "Madelaine". 10" diam. I could not find anything on this. "Aurora" was painted in about 1614, Casino dell'Aurora, Palazzo Pallavicini, Rome. This ceiling painting represents Apollo-Helios on the Chariot of the Sun Led by Aurora Followed by the Horae stands out in the mind of everyone who has visited the eternal city (Rome). It is painted on the ceiling of the garden house, or casino, of the Rospigliosi Palace. Though painted so long ago, yet it is as fresh in colouring as if its sportive creator had dipped his brush in yesterday morning’s sunlight, clear and bright, or in the barred purple and red and yellow of its gorgeous sunset. Certainly no other fresco of that now far-away time remains so perfectly preserved. Ph?bus, our lordly sun, sits in his car full of gold, urging on his prancing horses, who daily make this trip across the heavens. They follow close in Aurora’s pathway of coloured light coloured it must be, for in her hands are the very flames which she scatters along the horizon to give that roseate golden hue, through which Ph?bus will dazzle the world. Soon he will be here, for already Lucifer, the torch-bearer, the morning-star, is but a step in advance of him, whose servant he is. Very good condition, some light surface scratches commensurate with age 10" diam

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