Wonderful Italian painting from the mid-19th century. Oil work on canvas, first canvas, depicting a mythological scene of great charm and refinement. We find the iconographic prototype of the Chariot of Dawn that Guido Reni frescoed in 1614 for the ceiling of the central hall of the Casino adjacent to the Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi.
Commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese, it is one of the most important works that the great Bolognese painter created in Rome. The God Apollo drives the golden chariot of the sun and brings the light of the new day to the earth. The Aurora precedes the race of the sun and chases away the darkness of the night while a winged cherub, the twilight, raises a torch. Young girls, the Hours, dance around the sun in a triumph of light.
Spectacular contemporary frame in carved, lacquered and gilded wood, with some signs of aging. Ideal framework for elegant, classic or contemporary environments, perfect for a large reception hall. The work was protected by glass, thus maintaining the pictorial surface and the extraordinary brilliance of the colors intact. Overall, the painting is in a good state of conservation. Light painting H 52.5 x W 106.5 cm.
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SILVER Seller in Cuneo, Italy
