La Aurora ve a Cefalo, de quien se enamora y le roba · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: La Aurora ve a Cefalo, de quien se enamora y le roba
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Athens; Ancient Greece
Description: Aurora, the goddess of the dawn, is depicted on the left side of the image floating on a bed of clouds and surrounded by winged cherubs. One of her symbols is a chariot which she uses to fly across the sky to announce the arrival of day light, and that chariot led by horses is illustrated in the background of the image. Aurora is depicted looking at a man named Cephalus, with whom she falls deeply in love with. Cephalus, depicted with his bows, arrows, and hunting dogs, is not interested in the goddess and only has eyes for his wife. Aurora abducts him against his will.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25019
Language: spa
Source Name: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Don Francisco Crivell [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian with Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell]
Parent Collection: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio Traducidos al Castellano. Engravings by D. Jose Assensio (1809)
Image: mta_25019_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Aurora; Cephalus; Love; Abduction; Mythology; Gods; Goddesses