# Aurora \(The Dawn\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CARLONE, Giovanni Andrea]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 97.5 x 129 cm ## Commentary Aurora \(The Dawn\) c. 1678 Oil on canvas, 97.5 x 129 cm Narodna galerija Slovenije, Ljubljana The painting represents an allegory of Dawn based on <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/r/reni/1/aurora.html'\)" href="/html/r/reni/1/aurora.html">Guido Reni's Aurora</a> in the Casino Rospiglioso, Palazzo Pallavicini, Rome. It can be assumed that this painting formed part of a ceiling decoration. ## Related artworks - [Allegory on the Life of Man \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling painting: Allegory on the Life of Man]() - [Sacrifice of Iphigenia]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()