Cephalus and Aurora: Aurora (Eos), the dawn goddess, snatches Cephalus the hunter and forces him away with her on a cloud, while his hound is asleep. Engraving by M. Dorigny, 1642, after S. Vouet.

  • Vouet, Simon, 1590-1649.
Date:
1642
Reference:
2815028i
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Publication/Creation

1642

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 22.1 x 15.6 cm

Lettering

Quae rapit, Aurora est: Cephalum super aethera portat. / Nobile tam furtum luce carere nequit. Simon Vouet pinxit ; M. Dorigny sculpsit. Cum privilegio Regis 1642. Translation of Latin couplet below the image: The one who rapes is Aurora: she carries Cephalus above the sky. So noble a theft cannot escape the light

References note

Roger-Armand Weigert, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, cabinet des estampes, tome III, Paris 1954, p. 480 ('(53-113 [i.e. 135]) Gravures d'après Simon Vouet.') and p. 485 no. 86 ("L'Aurore et Céphale. 1642. H. 0m245 x L. 0m165. R.-D. 86, … Copie en contre-partie avec l'excud. de Melch. Küsell (Da. 8, fol., p. 116). La toile de Vouet a été reproduite avec variante en tapisseries.")

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2815028i

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