Where Is Aurora Triumphing over Night? Museum Location

Q: What does this painting depict?

It shows Aurora, the Roman goddess of dawn, overcoming the darkness of Night. The mythological theme was popular in Rococo art.

Q: Where is this painting?

You can see it at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, which has a fine Fragonard collection.

Q: What style defines Fragonard's work?

Fragonard was a master of the Rococo style, known for playful, sensuous paintings with light brushwork and pastel tones. His career ended abruptly when the French Revolution made his aristocratic subjects unfashionable.

French artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard painted this mythological scene showing Aurora, goddess of dawn, triumphant over Night. The work displays his fluid brushwork and Rococo sensibility for dynamic, luminous subjects.

Fragonard was a master of French Rococo painting, known for his romantic and playful subjects. This allegorical work is at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

It shows Aurora, the Roman goddess of dawn, overcoming the darkness of Night. The mythological theme was popular in Rococo art.

You can see it at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, which has a fine Fragonard collection.

Fragonard was a master of the Rococo style, known for playful, sensuous paintings with light brushwork and pastel tones. His career ended abruptly when the French Revolution made his aristocratic subjects unfashionable.

Aurora Triumphing over Night

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More by Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Bathers

The Happy Lovers

The Birth of Venus

Rinaldo in the garden of the palace of Armida

Also at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Grainstack in Winter, Misty Weather

Singer in Green

Grainstack in Sunshine

Fishing Boats at Capri

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Diana Leaving the Bath

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