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According to art historian Elise Lawton Smith, Aurora's "lethargic pose ... may signify her transitional state between night/matter and light/spirit. She will move beyond torpor toward a new energy, as heralded by the three angels blowing their trumpets. Thus her power (or
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The flowers strewn around Aurora and the pale glow of her naked body are set in opposition to the shadowy drapery of Night. Aurora's frontal, open pose reverses the anonymity of Night, who is turned away from the viewer. The painting currently belongs to the
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original after an unscrupulous art dealer had painted over the signature with Burne-Jones' initials to get a higher price.
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in Bournemouth. Merton Russell-Cotes' son Herbert bought it for the museum in around 1922 thinking that it was a
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120 cm × 170 cm (46 in × 68 in)
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Evelyn Pickering De Morgan and the Allegorical Body
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Evelyn De Morgan
Oil
canvas
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
Bournemouth
Latin
Evelyn De Morgan
Aurora
tunics
Grosvenor Gallery
Russell-Cotes Museum
Burne-Jones


"Aurora Triumphans (1877-8) oil painting by Evelyn de Morgan (1855-1919) returns to Bournemouth"
the original


Evelyn Pickering De Morgan and the Allegorical Body
ISBN
978-0-8386-3883-5
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Evelyn De Morgan
Night and Sleep
Aurora Triumphans
Flora
Eos

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