The Gates of Dawn 1900
by Herbert James Draper
Title
The Gates of Dawn 1900
Artist
Herbert James Draper
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Painting
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The Gates of Dawn, 1900, Herbert James Draper, Simon Toll, who believes that this painting contains "one of Draper's most monumental figures," points out that artist "preferred to paint Greek legends, but in this case he painted Florrie Bird as Aurora, the Roman Goddess of the Dawn," and he speculates that Ovid's description of Eos (the equivalent Greek goddess) may have inspired the artist's treatment of the subject: "far in the crimsoning cast wakeful Dawn threw wide the shining doors of her rosefilled chambers"
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