# Corridor ceiling \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DORIGNY, Louis]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary The allegorical Aurora Preceding the Chariot of Apollo, represented in the ceiling oval, is the culmination of a vast iconographic program that once also adorned the other rooms of the palace \(stripped of their decorations during the nineteenth century. It began with the ceiling of the corridor leading to the main hall. There, several scenes in stucco frames are still intact. The picture shows a detail of the first scene, Honour, Accompanied by Fortitude and Prudence, Is Exalted by Fame. ## Related artworks - [Bacchanal \(detail\)]() - [Bacchanal \(detail\)]() - [Bacchanal \(detail\)]() - [Bacchanal \(detail\)]() - [Bacchanal]() - [Ballroom ceiling \(detail\)]() - [Ballroom ceiling \(detail\)]() - [Ballroom ceiling \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration]() - [Ceiling of the grand staircase]() - [Deception and Avarice]() - [Decoration of the ballroom]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()