. English: Watercolour and gouache over lithographic line, on laid paper. Inscribed: J. B. A. / Impie Lithographique de C Motte Rue des Marais Numbered: 18. Dimensions: by 47cm. To be executed in gilt bronze; silvered metal dial; black marble platform. The goddess of the Dawn, her finger raised to caution silence, drawing back a coverlet from an infant sleeping on a draped plinth fronted by the clock; the frieze with a studious child between lyres. Aurora’s daily task was to lead the sun god Helios (later Apollo) into the sky, heralding the day. She is thus a natural subject for
. English: Watercolour and gouache over lithographic line, on laid paper. Inscribed: J. B. A. / Impie Lithographique de C Motte Rue des Marais Numbered: 18. Dimensions: by 47cm. To be executed in gilt bronze; silvered metal dial; black marble platform. The goddess of the Dawn, her finger raised to caution silence, drawing back a coverlet from an infant sleeping on a draped plinth fronted by the clock; the frieze with a studious child between lyres. Aurora’s daily task was to lead the sun god Helios (later Apollo) into the sky, heralding the day. She is thus a natural subject for a clock and is generally shown pulling a coverlet (the mantle of darkness) away from the dial, exposing the time to daylight. However, here she reveals a sleeping infant, alluding to the posthumous royal infant, the duc de Bordeaux. His birth signified a new dawn for the Bourbon dynasty, providing the heir presumptive to the throne. He would therefore be shown in the frieze as pursuing his education. between 1815 and Unknown 564 Sketch of a French Empire style clock. Aurora
Size: 1979px × 2526px
Photo credit: © The Picture Art Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., /, /., 1815, , unknown.
