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Aurora and Cephalus

painting by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (Louvre)
VisualArtwork painting Q23499671

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
painting
Inception
1810[19]
Owned by
French State[3]
Genre
nude, mythological painting[5][6]
Location
Room 702[18]
Collection
Department of Paintings of the Louvre[15]
Copyright status
public domain[26]
Creator
Pierre-Narcisse Guérin[2]
Depicts
Cephalus, Aurora, angel, cloud, nudity, star[7][8][9][10][11][12]
Different from
Aurora and Cephalus[23]
Exhibition history
Salon of 1814[20]
Height
+254.5[24]
Inventory number
R.F. 513, RF 513[16][17]
Made from material
oil paint, canvas[13][14]
Movement
Neoclassicism[4]
Pendant of
Wisdom Defending Youth from the Arrows of Love[22]
Title
L'Aurore et Céphale[21]
Width
+186[25]
🏷️ Also known as
en Aurora and Cephalus es Aurora y Céfalo fr L'Aurore et Céphale he אורורה וקפאלוס (גרן) it Aurora e Cefalo it Cefalo e l'Aurora ja アウロラとケファロス (ピエール＝ナルシス・ゲラン) ru Аврора и Кефал
🔖 Identifiers · 9
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
L'Aurore et Céphale, par Pierre-Narcisse Guérin.jpg ↗
Atlas ID
22532
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID
20364942
Freebase ID
/m/06nqfgv
Joconde work ID
000PE001392
Louvre Museum ARK ID
010059992
Salons ID
28893, 166587
WGA work ID
g/guerin/23aurora
WikiArt ID
pierre-narcisse-guerin/aurora-and-cephalus

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🔗 Connections
Depicts 6
star, cloud, angel, nudity, Aurora, Cephalus
Genre 2
nude, mythological painting
Made from material 2
oil paint, canvas
Copyright status 1
public domain
Creator 1
Pierre-Narcisse Guérin
Instance of 1
painting
Movement 1
Neoclassicism
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Summary

Aurora and Cephalus is a painting[1].

Related Entities

Pierre-Narcisse Guérin public domain

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  1. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . collections.louvre.fr. Retrieved . collections.louvre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . collections.louvre.fr. Retrieved . collections.louvre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . collections.louvre.fr. Retrieved . collections.louvre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . collections.louvre.fr. Retrieved . collections.louvre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . collections.louvre.fr. Retrieved . collections.louvre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Joconde. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . collections.louvre.fr. Retrieved . collections.louvre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Joconde. wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . Joconde. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · BeatrixBelibaste · 2026-10-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Salons ID → 28893, 166587
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Salons ID: 166587"
  2. 8d ago · BeatrixBelibaste · 2026-10-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 8
    Width → {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+186'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'commons', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'he', 'it', 'ja']
    Movement → Neoclassicism
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Pendant of: Wisdom Defending Youth from the Arrows of Love"
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