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Allegory of Dawn
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Allegory of Dawn

Gerard de Lairesse · 1673 - 1677 · canvas; oil paint (paint)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Allegory of dawn. Apollo drives his sun chariot across the sky; to the right, the female personifications of Stars (?) and Night flee. To the left, a kind of decorated pyramid. Further figures behind an illusionistic balustrade, seen from below.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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paintingceiling paintingdawn
Credit lineAllegory of Dawn. 1673 - 1677. Gerard de Lairesse. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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