The Chariot of Aurora, Oil on canvas, 35 1/2 x 28 5/8 in. (90.2 x 72.7 cm), Paintings, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid), Aurora is shown in her chariot, accompanied by the Hours and heralded by Apollo; Time is on the right. Also recognizable are Ceres, with a sheaf of wheat, and Bacchus, wearing a crown of vine leaves. This oil sketch was possibly a proposal by Tiepolo for the decoration of a ceiling in the Palacio Real in Madrid
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Chariot, Aurora, Oil, canvas, 35 1/2 x 28 5/8, 90.2 72.7 cm, Paintings, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian, Venice, 1696–1770, Madrid, shown, chariot, accompanied, Hours, heralded, Apollo, Time, right, recognizable, Ceres, sheaf, wheat, Bacchus, wearing, crown, vine leaves, oil sketch, proposal, Tiepolo, decoration, ceiling, Palacio Real
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