Design for a Painted Ceiling of Irregular Shape: Aurora, Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, Italian, 1735 – 1817, Pen and brown and black ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on paper, Design for a painted ceiling, viewed directly from below. The central circular decoration shows Aurora (a winged figure riding in a chariot pulled by two horses; a putto with a burning torch flies in front of her). The scene is placed within a tromp l'oeil architectural framework. At each corner, an illusionary lunette with a pointed arch contains a bust on a pedestal: Orpheus for Music, Homer for Poetry, Apelles

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