ID: 700009648 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009648	Record Type: Movable Work

Cephalus and Aurora (paintings (visual works); Poussin, Nicolas; about 1630; National Gallery (London, Greater London, England, United Ki...; NG65)

Note: Diana, goddess of hunting, gave the huntsman Cephalus a magic dog and spear. Later, Aurora, goddess of dawn, fell in love with the mortal Cephalus and tried to seduce him. He thought only of his wife Procris, however, and rejected her.

Titles:

Cephalus and Aurora (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

paintings (visual works) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1630

Creator Display:

Poussin, Nicolas [preferred]

painter Poussin, Nicolas (French painter and draftsman, 1594-1665, active in Italy) [500005036]

Locations:

Current: National Gallery (London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom) [500125190] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: NG65

Credit Line: G.J. Cholmondely Bequest, 1831

Display Materials: Oil on canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: 96.9 x 131.3 cm

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Cephalus [901000717]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Aurora [901000716]
	.....((Roman characters, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Cephalus and Aurora [901002209]
	.....((Greek narratives, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Cephalus and Aurora	........ [VP]
	........ Janson, History of Art (1971) 439
	........ National Gallery of Art London [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... National Gallery of Art London [online] (2000-)