{"product_id":"aurora-abducting-cephalus-ngal1393","title":"Aurora abducting Cephalus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist: \u003c\/strong\u003ePeter Paul Rubens (Belgian, 1577 - 1640)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Dimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e12 1\/8\" x 19 1\/8\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocation:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Gallery of Art, London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Artwork: \u003c\/strong\u003e(About 1636-7) \"In this lively oil sketch, Rubens experiments with ideas for the design and composition of one of a series of paintings on a hunting theme commissioned by Philip IV of Spain to decorate his hunting lodge, Torre de la Parade, just outside Madrid. Rubens’s assistants would have used the sketch as a model from which they could complete the full-scale picture.\n\nDiana, the goddess of hunting, gave the huntsman Cephalus a magic dog and spear, both shown by his side here as he reclines beneath a tree, shaded from the light. Lost in love at first sight, Aurora, the goddess of the dawn, steps down from her golden chariot and runs towards the handsome young man. Rubens has captured her eager rush towards Cephalus, who sits up, his arms outstretched, apparently eager to go with her. But in the best-known version of the story, told by the Roman poet Ovid in the Metamorphoses, Cephalus remains faithful to his wife, Procris, and Aurora leaves alone.\" - (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.org.uk\/paintings\/peter-paul-rubens-aurora-abducting-cephalus\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"National Gallery of Art London - Aurora abducting Cephalus\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eNational Gallery of Art, London\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Paul Rubens","offers":[{"title":"No Size Selected (Select a Size)","offer_id":50509899497715,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Replica Size (12 1\/8\" x 19 1\/8\")","offer_id":50509899530483,"sku":null,"price":510.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Signature Size (14 1\/4\" x 22 1\/2\")","offer_id":50509899563251,"sku":null,"price":695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Classic Size (17 1\/2\" x 27 5\/8\")","offer_id":50509899596019,"sku":null,"price":895.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Gallery Size (21 3\/8\" x 33 3\/4\")","offer_id":50509899628787,"sku":null,"price":1295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Statement Size (27 5\/8\" x 43 5\/8\")","offer_id":50509899661555,"sku":null,"price":1995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Grand Size (33 1\/8\" x 52 1\/4\")","offer_id":50509899694323,"sku":null,"price":2795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Estate Size (39\" x 61 5\/8\")","offer_id":50509899727091,"sku":null,"price":3695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Size (46 3\/4\" x 73 3\/4\")","offer_id":50509899759859,"sku":null,"price":4995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/5738\/6483\/files\/AuroraabductingCephalus.jpg?v=1789909544","url":"https:\/\/commissionedpaintings.com\/products\/aurora-abducting-cephalus-ngal1393","provider":"Commissioned Paintings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}